How to delete duplicate contact accounts in google mail
To delete duplicate contact accounts in Google Mail, you can follow these steps:
Method 1: Using Google Contacts
- Go to Google Contacts (contacts.google.com).
- Click on the "More" menu and select "Find and merge people".
- Enter the name or email address of the contact you want to merge.
- Click on the "Find" button.
- If multiple contacts are found, select the ones you want to merge.
- Click on the "Merge" button.
- Confirm that you want to merge the contacts.
- The duplicate contacts will be merged into a single contact.
Method 2: Using Google Mail
- Log in to your Google Mail account.
- Click on the "Contacts" button in the top navigation bar.
- Click on the "More" menu and select "Find and merge people".
- Enter the name or email address of the contact you want to merge.
- Click on the "Find" button.
- If multiple contacts are found, select the ones you want to merge.
- Click on the "Merge" button.
- Confirm that you want to merge the contacts.
- The duplicate contacts will be merged into a single contact.
Method 3: Using Google Takeout
- Go to Google Takeout (takeout.google.com).
- Select "Contacts" as the data type you want to export.
- Choose the format you want to export the contacts in (e.g., CSV, VCF).
- Click on the "Export" button.
- Once the export is complete, open the exported file in a spreadsheet program like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel.
- Use the spreadsheet program to identify and delete duplicate contacts.
- Save the updated file.
- Go back to Google Contacts and import the updated file.
Tips:
- Make sure you have the correct contact information before merging or deleting contacts.
- If you have multiple contacts with the same name but different email addresses, you may want to merge them based on the email address.
- If you have contacts with the same name but different phone numbers, you may want to merge them based on the phone number.
- Be cautious when merging contacts, as it may affect your email correspondence and other contacts.