Contact Decluttering
6 articles
How to Declutter Your Phone Contacts Without Losing Anyone Important
A practical keep-move-retire method for cleaning up a bloated contacts list without deleting anyone you'll wish you'd kept.
How to Merge Duplicate Contacts on iPhone and Android
Step-by-step ways to find and merge duplicate contacts on iPhone, Android, and Google Contacts, plus how to keep them from coming back.
How to Export and Back Up Your Phone Contacts Before You Clean Them Up
Export a full backup of your contacts on iPhone or Android in five minutes, so you can clean up, switch phones, or merge duplicates without fear.
Moving to a New Phone Without Dragging Ten Years of Contact Clutter With You
A phone upgrade is the best decluttering moment you'll ever get. Here's how to move to a new phone without dragging ten years of contacts along.
Archive or Delete? What to Do With Contacts You Can't Let Go Of
A simple framework for the contacts you can't quite delete: what to archive, what to let go, and how to stop maybe-someday entries from piling up.
Which Contacts Belong in a Shared Household List — Not Your Phone
A room-by-room guide to the contacts your whole household needs, and why your personal address book is the wrong place for them.