How to Combine Duplicate Contacts on Android Devices

Do you see multiple copies of a contact in your Android mobile phone contact app? The reasons could be many, but the outcome is always confusion and misdialing. To help users overcome this problem, today I am here with a guide on how to combine duplicate contacts on Android devices.

Duplicate contacts are not only taking up space on the device, but they are undesirable for the people who frequently use the call and text option using a cellular network. This is especially noticeable when we migrate from an old to a new mobile phone.

How to combine duplicate contacts on Android

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If you have created duplicate contacts unintentionally or due to a change of the device there is a method using which these duplicate numbers can be eliminated. If you have not used the ‘Merge and Fix’ feature on the Android run phone, I will guide you here.

This method makes the identification and merger of multiple entries super easy. Just follow the steps given here and you will be able to solve the issue instantly.

Get Google Contacts from Play Store

The first step is to get the Google Contacts app from the official Google Play Store. Only then one can use the ‘Merge and Fix’ Option. This step applies only to users who do not have a Pixel phone. On this device, this application is preinstalled.

Other brands and different versions of them provide different contact apps, which could not give you the option to fix the problem. For this reason, it is time to get the latest and working version of the official Contacts App.

Merge the Contacts

After the Contacts app is installed, it is time to get the work done. For this, you will have to follow some steps. This is why I have mentioned each step in this guide.

  1. Locate the application on the mobile phone screen and tap to open it. Sign in using your Google Account. If you can see the profile icon on the top corner with your profile image, you are already in. But from the same tab, you can switch accounts as well, if you have multiple.
  2. Locate the bottom screen and find the ‘Fix and Manage’ tab. Once on this page of Fix and Manage, it is time to locate ‘Merge & Fix.’
  3. The ‘Merge & Fix’ is meant to be the panacea for your problem. This option will find all the duplicated contacts and show you those which can be fixed by merging using the ‘Merge Duplicates’ option.
  4. Now simply tap the ‘Merge Duplicates’ to find all the suggestions from the contact list. If you want to merge a suggestion simply tap ‘Merge.’
  5. In case of multiple suggestions, you can find the review option and find the ‘Merge All,’ With this, the task will be finished at once. In case you think that there are two different people with the same name and you are getting the wrong suggestion pick the ‘Dismiss’ option.
  6. After a while, your contacts will have no more duplicates in the list. Go back to the app and find all the merged and single contacts.

Now you can do the same manually using this Xperimentalhamid.net guide, but the task of locating the contacts has also to be carried out one by one, yourself.

  1. Now go to contacts and locate the vertical ellipsis in the search bar and opt for ‘Select’ from all the options.
  2. Now locate the name and number that you want to merge. Once done, tap the ellipsis again and chose the ‘Merge’ and the contacts will be joined into one.

Conclusion

This is all about how to combine duplicate contacts on Android devices. If the phone numbers are multiple, the easiest and fastest approach is to use the Google Contacts app. Using the ‘Manage and Fix’ one can quickly perform the task. But there are only a few, then the manual method is the best.

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