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Published by Apple on 2023-09-18We have made it super easy to delete Contacts account and/or app.
Table of Contents:
Guide to Delete Contacts 👇
Things to note before removing Contacts:
- The developer of Contacts is Apple and all inquiries must go to them.
- Check the Terms of Services and/or Privacy policy of Apple to know if they support self-serve subscription cancellation:
- The GDPR gives EU and UK residents a "right to erasure" meaning that you can request app developers like Apple to delete all your data it holds. Apple must comply within 1 month.
- The CCPA lets American residents request that Apple deletes your data or risk incurring a fine (upto $7,500 dollars).
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Data Linked to You: The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
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Data Not Linked to You: The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Search History
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
↪️ Steps to delete Contacts account:
1: Visit the Contacts website directly Here →
2: Contact Contacts Support/ Customer Service:
- 62.5% Contact Match
- Developer: Google LLC
- E-Mail: apps-help@google.com
- Website: Visit Contacts Website
- Support channel
- Vist Terms/Privacy
Deleting from Smartphone 📱
Delete on iPhone:
- On your homescreen, Tap and hold Contacts until it starts shaking.
- Once it starts to shake, you'll see an X Mark at the top of the app icon.
- Click on that X to delete the Contacts app.
Delete on Android:
- Open your GooglePlay app and goto the menu.
- Click "My Apps and Games" » then "Installed".
- Choose Contacts, » then click "Uninstall".
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🎌 About Contacts
1. • The Contacts app on Apple Watch lets you create new contacts, as well as customize existing contacts right on your wrist.
2. • Create a “My Card” — located at the top of your Contacts list — to make accessing your own information easy.
3. • You can also select people from your contact cards to use as a complication on your watch face for easy access.
4. • Tap the search field at the top of the Contacts list to find a contact.
5. • You choose the way in which you would like to communicate with your contact via phone, mail, text message right from your wrist.
6. Access and edit your contacts from personal, business, and other accounts with the Contacts app.
7. • Customize contact cards to quickly reach people in the ways you communicate with them most.
8. • Create Favorites to quickly access key people in the Phone app.
9. • You can now quickly share a contact card to your friends or family right from your wrist.
10. • Add contacts manually.
11. • Tap information, such as an address or phone number, to open the corresponding app.
12. Or sync them from iCloud, Gmail, Exchange, or your Mac or PC.
