Removing Google contacts from outlook.com people

Anonymous
2013-08-29T08:03:59+00:00

Hi,

I need to remove contacts of gmail from outlook.com people. I have posted this problem in this thread

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/mail-people/i-need-remove-google-contacts-urgent/1a49dda4-ae2a-474a-b15c-17ba84ab0364?page=4

and I was asked by Forum moderators Alden D. and John Paul M. to create a new thread so that a moderator can properly address to me. Now I am waiting for a moderator to address to me.

The problem I am facing is I am unable to remove gmail contacts from outlook.com account. Many people seems to have the same problem

Br,

Mikko

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-20T23:39:13+00:00

    Hi DeputyDog67

    I've gone into Outlook.com contacts and I couldn't delete the Google Contacts folder. Right clicking show "manage" and then I get the offer to link my outlook account to LinkedIn... nothing else

    Should we use the IE6 trick?

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-21T13:10:32+00:00

    Yes, use IE6 trick.

    Deleting the contacts within the folder and deleting he folder itself are two separate tasks. My experience was that I could not delete the populated folder, but I could delete the contacts within the folder.

    I recently was able to delete the empty folder as well.

    DeputyDog65

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-23T03:37:25+00:00

    Hi

    Unfortunately I can't seem to be able to delete even using the trick. I go to contacts. Press F12. Choose user string IE6. Then I click the link to manage the folders, but my "Contactos de google" folder isn't deletable. :-(

    Maybe in a few days. This issue is really keeping me from using Outlook.com, and I do like the service, but this syncing problems are terrible. Even using different account (both outlook.com and gmail different accounts) syncing doesn't work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-01-23T22:08:18+00:00

    Hi Javi,

    To isolate your concern, what error message are you getting?

    Also, you may check the Get help with Outlook.com page.

    We look forward to your response.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-01-27T02:27:44+00:00

    Hi

    I just don't want to be rude, but this is exhausting for me. I have published my issue in two different threads. I've answered this question enough times to really be second tired of this.

    I found some help in this thread (the third one) as how to delete the Google contacts on my outlook.com account synced from my Google account, which I have long ago disconnected, reconnected, redisconnected, rereconnected... without success. I have tried with other outlook.com accounts. I even created a new one to try to connect and sync to Google (which is what I wanted to do, once the list of contacts was clean). I haven't been able to do it and I'm done with it.

    I think I'm staying with Gmail after all. The promised changes, fixes and updates that would alledgedly solve the problem haven't come.

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