I am unable to delete contact: Make the Delete button in Contacts actually do something. I want to delete old contacts but can't
It would seem a good idea if the Delete button inthe contacts list actually allowed you to delete contacts that are no longer required.

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57 comments
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Anonymous commented
I am unable to delete secondary email address from a contact without deleting the ENTIRE contact
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Anonymous commented
Have selected a contact but cannot find any option anywhere to delete it
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Edinburgh Music Theatre commented
I previously learnt due to complaints that deleting a contact doesn't delete them from the contact lists they're in, and an unsubscriber kept getting mails until I worked it out. At least then I could click on a contact, see what lists they were in, untick them from those lists, and then delete the contact. Now MS have removed even this function meaning I have to search every one of 20 contact lists to see if the contact exists there, edit each affected list, and only then can I delete the contact.
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO COMPLY WITH GDPR SAFELY WHEN THE FUNCTIONALITY IS THIS POOR???!!! -
Patricia Humphrey commented
that was not the question!!!! the question was how do i delete address i do not want!
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Anonymous commented
delete contact. No delete icon is shown nor delete option
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Norman Pavan commented
How do I delete no longer needed names from my contact list.
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Anonymous commented
help does nothing. I need to know how to delete a contact
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Anonymous commented
Contacts on outlook email - when you edit details for a contact, the original email address for a person does not delete and still shows on the long list of all contacts. Please resolve.
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Anonymous commented
the way the editing is done for contacts, it doesn't allow you to easily delete an old email address and add a new one.. it adds a new one but does not let you delete old one.. to delete old one yo uhave to delete contact and that means deleting all the other contact info.
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robert simms commented
Why do you make it impossibly difficult to delete a contacts old address after editing it for update.????????????
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Anonymous commented
i want clear all the contact but always say cant remove. What happen? help me to solve this problem
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Anonymous commented
After several tries to sync my contacts to new Android device (Samsung S8), I have several contacts duplicated (like 16K). There is no easy way to remove those duplicates. Buildin feature has limitation of 50 entries to be removed or linked. It is time consuming to remove 16k duplicates this way.
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Anonymous commented
How do I delete contacts?
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Anonymous commented
i want to delete contacts in my outlook account for two days and can not i get a notice something went wrong. please amend
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Anonymous commented
why can't I update an email contact. Can't get rid of the old.
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Fred Hedrick commented
How can I delete one of two email addresses for one of my contacts?
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Anonymous commented
Out of nothing, almost all my contacts are duplicated in the contact list.
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Anonymous commented
(Select the contact you want to delete and select Delete icon.) There is no trash icon to select.
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Anonymous commented
I do not like the new web based Outllok interface!!!!
While editing a contact I am unable to delete an old email address ,,,, I ended up deleting the original contact and creating a new one AAAAARRRRRGH!!!!!
The navigation within an email chain is very confusing. "Which email am I referencing?" "How to get to this email to pop-up to a separate window? ... maybe this might work ..."
Disappointed!!
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Anonymous commented
The delete icon is not working. I am unable to delete a contact name and email address. Please fix.