I now have a clear slate with contacts Those instructions were crystal clear.
On May 25, 2012, at 8:35 PM, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > I just realized that I have never stored Contacts on just my phone, alone. > That is to say, I have always synced my Contacts with either Outlook, the > Mac Addressbook, or iCloud. > > Why is this significant, because if you are currently syncing your Contacts > with iCloud (recommended), then to quickly erase all of your Contacts from > the phone at once, you would merely go into the Settings area of your iOS > device, then to Mail Contacts Calendar area, then turn off the Contact Sync. > Doing this will cause the iOS device to ask if you want to remove all of the > Contacts on the device, itself. In your case you would say yes to that > question. Then of course you could logon to iCloud and delete all of the > Contacts there. Conversely, you could log onto iCloud via a web browser and > simply delete the Contacts which would remove them from the phone. > > Of course, if you synced your iOS device to a computer, you could simply > delete the Contacts from the computer and then sync the device. > > But, if you only have Contacts on your iOS device, the thinking is that you > don't want to easily delete them all; thus, I do not know of a way to > simultaneously delete them all without an external source as I have > described above. > > Perhaps someone else knows a way. > > Personally, I recommend that you turn on iCloud Contact syncing on your iOS > device, sync, then turn off syncing to get the prompt as described above, > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of brian Albriton > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Erase all contacts > > Hi mark I don't have any contacts on my computer. These were transferred > from another phone. It was a person from a t&t Who did the transfer I > simply to nuke them and start over All the best > > On May 25, 2012, at 5:57 PM, "M. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Brian, >> >> The answer to your question depends upon several factors. >> >> First, are you syncing your contacts with an external source such as a >> computer or iCloud? >> >> Mark >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of brian Albriton >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Erase all contacts >> >> My contacts are a mess. I'd like to erase the mall. How can I do that? >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
