Having duplicate contacts on your smartphone can prove to be very inconvenient when you are trying to, say, reach an old friend or a family member via text message or a phone call. You may also find it very annoying when you are trying to use Google Assistant to call or send a text message to a contact. But don’t worry, there are various methods that you can use to easily find, merge or remove duplicate contacts on Android. And in this tutorial, we will be taking an in-depth look at the different ways you can do that.
For this article, we are going to use three different ways you can use to find and remove duplicate contacts on Android device. In the first method, we will be using the native Contacts app that comes with Android. In the second method we will be using the online Google Contacts app. Finally, we will be using a third-party contact manager app. With that said, let’s see how we can find and merge duplicate contacts on Android.
Google has made it easier to find and merge duplicate listings for the same person in Google Contacts app. Here’s how you can do it.
- Now, look for the option called ‘Clean up duplicates’ to get rid of different listings for the same person. Here, you can either tap on ‘Merge’ to merge a single duplicate contact suggestion or tap ‘Merge All’ to merge all duplicate contact suggestions.
If you have your contacts saved in your Google account, then you can also use Google Contacts on the web to merge your contacts easily. Here’s how you can do it.
3. Using A Third Party App on Android
The Google Play Store is populated with a ton of apps that can help you merge duplicate contacts. So if you confused about the right app for the task, then we suggest you check out ‘Cleaner – Merge Duplicate Contacts‘ app (free).
Cleaner – Merge Duplicate Contacts is an entirely free application, with which you can merge all duplicate contacts with just a single tap. Moreover, the app is available in 15 different languages, which makes it accessible to a lot of users.
A lot of smartphone manufacturers have baked the option to merge duplicate contacts right within their UI. OnePlus’s OxygenOS, for instance, allows you to merge duplicate contacts from within the Contacts app. Same is the case with Xiaomi’s MIUI and Samsung’s One UI. You should be able to find the option to merge duplicate contacts inside the settings page of the Contact app. However, if your phone doesn’t an option to merge duplicate contacts natively, then you’ll have to use either Google Contacts on the web or download a third-party app. Either way, it’s not that difficult to merge or get rid of duplicate contacts on Android.
- OxygenOS: Settings -> Suggested Merges.
- One UI: Open Hamburger Menu -> Manage Contacts -> Merge Contacts.
- MIUI: Settings -> Merge Duplicates.
Note: Settings here refers to the settings of native Contacts app.
