Delete contacts from Android SIM card

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All modern smartphones on the Andorid or iOS operating systems allow you to link contacts to your account and store them in the cloud. This is very convenient, because if your phone is lost, misplaced or broken, you can quickly and easily restore your entire phone book, instead of having to pick up the phone book all over again. So there is no need to store the numbers on the SIM card at all. It remains only for cellular communication.But here users of newfangled gadgets are facing a difficulty. they can’t delete contacts from the SIM card. When you try to do this, the numbers are easily deleted, but from the phone memory. There’s no way to clear the card. There is no way to remove them from the card. What to do? Do not despair! There are several ways!

The easiest and fastest way

To easily clear the SIM-card memory on your smartphone. just pull it out and put it in some old simple phone. It is not without reason that they say “simplicity is the best beauty”. On such devices this is done very quickly and easily. It’s enough to go into contacts and in the settings select the option “Delete All” or “Delete Several” and check the box “All”.

The device will ask you where to delete them from. Choosing the “From SIM card” option. After that the memory of the SIM card will be cleared.

Cleaning the SIM on Android

The Android operating system has a very extensive functionality and allows you to do many things. But it is not so easy to delete all the numbers on the SIM card. To do this you will have to delve into the settings.

Let’s take the Android 6 phone as an example. In older versions it is done in a similar way. At least the algorithm is the same.

So, go to Contacts and open the options menu:

Let’s select the menu item “Delete multiple contacts”. You will see source selection menu like this:

Select the SIM card that we want to clear. After that the list of numbers and contacts that are present on it will be displayed:

Since we want to do a full cleanup. check “Select all”. Profit!

Note: If you can’t find it in your Android, you can use third-party apps. For example HTC SIM Manager. This will allow you to control the memory of the SIM-card, creating or deleting contacts.

Remove numbers from the SIM card on the iPhone

This is the official way from Apple.Unfortunately it is not very handy and here’s why. This option allows you to delete all the numbers from the iPhone memory, including the SIM-card. That is, if you want to keep the contacts on the device, they must be saved by synchronizing them with the service iCloud.

After that, you need to connect your phone to your computer and run iTunes. In the program window we open the smartphone and enter the “Info” section. Here you must check the “Sync Contacts” checkbox:

Below check the box “All contacts”. We scroll down the window to the subsection “Advanced”:

Here you have to check “Contacts”. Click on the “Apply” button.A confirmation window should pop up where you should click on the “Replace Information” button. Done. After that the memory of the phone and the SIM card will be cleared.To get your contacts back on the device itself. sync it with iCloud and they will be on the phone again.

Delete contacts from the SIM card through the directory

However, if for some unknown reason your Android smartphone does not have this simple option (this sometimes happens with some phone models, but rarely), there are other methods that we will introduce to you now.

In the Play store there is an application that is very easy to use and that allows you to sort and delete contacts you no longer use. You just need to télécharger then install this on your Android phone.After installation you just need to tick the little blue square on the right to select the contacts you want to delete and then tap the little trash can located in the upper right corner of the screen.

This quick, easy to use and free application will help you if you cannot delete your contacts directly through your directory.

If you don’t want your contacts on your SIM card, you can also transfer everything to your phone.

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Yenna 20.02.2020

I am exhausted. The list of crap from the sim card keeps showing up after deletion. Synchronization is disabled, have already tapped everything I know, but no card settings, no contact filters, the tray in the new phone is not taken out.- No way to delete with the old phone. What to do? Tired already unrealistically.

elcinmandela 19.02.2020

You don’t know how to delete from the sim. break it and go to the operator and replace it

ServiceCommunicationMontage 19.02.2020

You don’t need a sympathizer, you need a psychiatrist with a neurologist. You have a psychosis.

banned banny 19.02.2020

Looks like all the contacts from the SIM card were copied to the memory of the device during the installation (vCard files.vcf) and now automatically imported into the phone book. search file manager/file explorer.vcf and delete them.

Guest 02.11.2020

I had the same thing! I did what I did, and SIM changed, but contacts did not go, there were 8 repetitions of one contact. When deleting it wrote, failed to save contact. I deleted contacts updates and finally was able to delete contacts manually. Then I refreshed again and they did not come back)

Guest 02.11.2020

I had the same thing! I did everything I could, I changed SIM, but contacts did not go away, there were 8 repetitions of one contact. When deleting it wrote, failed to save contact. I deleted contact updates and was finally able to delete contacts manually. Then I updated again and they didn’t come back)

Tanya 21.11.2020

It was the same. I had a failed to save contact when deleting. Went to Settings, Apps, all apps, contacts, delete updates. And then deleted unnecessary contacts easily

Tanya 21.11.2020

It was the same. When deleting it wrote Failed to save contact. Went to Settings, Apps, all apps, contacts, delete updates. And then deleted unnecessary contacts easily

Guest 05.01.2021

Guest 05.01.2021

tanya thank you so much i almost lost it, you saved me

Guest 09.09.2021

Thanks Tanya really helped with the deletion

Guest 04.01.2022

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Another way to delete contacts from Android SIM card is to use Google account.

To do this, follow this link, log into your Google account, and then you will see all the contacts on your smartphone. Click on the 3 dots next to the contact so that the “Delete” option appears.

Delete duplicate numbers

To eliminate the repetition of the same contact information, you can use the option provided by Android by default. This works on almost all devices on this platform and is free.

To do this, the option “Merge duplicates” in the menu “Android” is applied. Merge the same contacts into the same account if you have two phone numbers of the same person with the same name saved. This is done as follows:

• Open the Contacts applications.
• Tap the three vertical dots to access the settings.
• Select the Suggested Duplicates option.
• “Android” will show you all the duplicate contacts. Under each duplicate item, you can see the “Link” option and you just need to click on it.

Then you can use the “Suggested Merges” option. This option will add two phone numbers to one contact if they are signed with the same name. If your contacts are saved in multiple Google accounts, this option will link both accounts and phone numbers. And the next time your phone synchronizes your contacts, there will be no problem duplicating them.

To use the Android Phone merge feature, do the following:

• Open the Contacts app.
• Click on the three vertical dots to access the settings.
• In the settings, click on the “Suggested merges” option. Android will now show you all the contacts you can merge. If you want to merge certain items, just click on the merge option under one of them.
• And, to merge multiple contacts at once, tap the up arrow icon that appears in the upper right corner of the screen.

If you are using an older version of Android, these options may not be available. In this case, you will have to delete duplicate contacts manually.

iPhone

In order to delete contacts with the help of iTunes, you will need:

• Connect your smartphone to your computer with a USB cable;
• Start the iTunes program;
• Tap the device icon in the upper right corner;
• Find the “Information” section;
• Check the “Synchronize contacts” box;
• Select “All Contacts”;
• Go to the “Extras” section at the very bottom;
• Tick the “Contacts” box;
• Click on the “Apply” button;
• Select “Replace Information.”
• Contacts will be deleted from the SIM card.

Deleting from other sources

If there is no problem with clearing the SIM card from unnecessary records, the question of how to delete individual contacts on Android, synchronized from other applications, often leads to a dead end. The deleted contact is constantly sent back to the phonebook, so many users simply stop contacting it. The problem is solved by disabling synchronization.

After switching off synchronization you can safely delete records from the book and applications, not worrying that they will come back.