How to Delete Facebook Contacts
Sunday, May 6, 2018
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While Facebook contacts for your iPhone can be handy, they can also block up your contacts list. You cannot delete a Facebook contact like you can a typical contact, but you can disable Facebook's access to your contacts list in a couple different methods. You can also pick to erase your Facebook information from your phone to prevent it from accessing your mobile data if you pick, How To Delete Facebook Contacts.
For keeping additional contacts which are synced from your Facebook information to the Contacts app (iPhone's address book), however concealing them from the primary list of contacts, you need to modify view settings.
Contacts will now make the Facebook contacts from the main list undetectable, while other contacts will exist.
How to remove Facebook Contacts from iPhone
Maybe your Facebook account is already set up on iOS, and you did that without understanding that contact sync would increase the entries in your address book, which you might not find great to the eye. Fortunately, there's the alternative to get rid of Facebook contacts from iPhone.
Update 1: If you already have upgraded to iOS 11, you will need to eliminate your Facebook contacts from the FB Messenger app by hand.
After you've gone through the actions, open the "Contacts app" on your gadget. Voila! All the entries noted previously in the "All Facebook" group will not be there anymore.
How To Delete Facebook Contacts
For keeping additional contacts which are synced from your Facebook information to the Contacts app (iPhone's address book), however concealing them from the primary list of contacts, you need to modify view settings.
- Release the "Contacts" app -> tap groups.
- Now scroll till "All Facebook" appears and uncheck this item.
- Inspect other group to make them noticeable, such as the iCloud, Gmail contacts or any group that might have been activated on iPhone.
- Tap "Done" when you're finished.
Contacts will now make the Facebook contacts from the main list undetectable, while other contacts will exist.
How to remove Facebook Contacts from iPhone
Maybe your Facebook account is already set up on iOS, and you did that without understanding that contact sync would increase the entries in your address book, which you might not find great to the eye. Fortunately, there's the alternative to get rid of Facebook contacts from iPhone.
- Go to Settings -> choose "Facebook".
- Then turn off the toggle called "Contacts".
- This will then erase Facebook contacts from the local address book. Don't stress, since the friends/contacts will stay active on Facebook.
Update 1: If you already have upgraded to iOS 11, you will need to eliminate your Facebook contacts from the FB Messenger app by hand.
After you've gone through the actions, open the "Contacts app" on your gadget. Voila! All the entries noted previously in the "All Facebook" group will not be there anymore.