Hello Brian, I am delighted to learn that my post helped you resolve your issue.
Most Sincerely, Mark -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of brian Albriton Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 3:39 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Erase all contacts I now have a clear slate with contacts Those instructions were crystal clear. On May 25, 2012, at 8:35 PM, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of brian Albriton > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 7:35 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > 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" <mk...@ucla.edu> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of brian Albriton >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:56 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Cc: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Erase all contacts >> >> My contacts are a mess. I'd like to erase the mall. 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