Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts after enabling Contact Sync in Teams App

Anonymous
2023-04-28T08:48:22+00:00

If you are a Microsoft personal account user and have either Teams and Outlook apps installed (and Contact sync enabled in both) or the Phone Link installed, you might observe duplicate contacts in Outlook due to a recent issue with contact synchronization. You can use the below workaround to remove the device synced contacts and all the duplicates created by this issue. 

How to Delete Device Contacts Sub-Folder1. Go to Teams App on your mobile device (iOS or Android).1. Click on your Profile Icon Home and navigate to Settings and People. ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/afbf6db3-0eb0-4476-af64-0923ac9dbbc2?platform=QnA device contacts in Outlook will be automatically deleted in a few days.

  • We will publish an update once the fix is available, after which users can re-enable the “Sync my device contacts” toggle in Teams.

Alternative option to manually Delete Device Contacts Sub-Folder

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T13:18:52+00:00

    I have read and tried all the suggestions proffered. I still can not access my email (Hotmail) on my PC. I need help very urgently

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T15:01:19+00:00

    A cordial greeting.

    The steps mentioned for the elimination of duplicate contacts were carried out and the problem still persists.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T09:28:28+00:00

    Hello, I have no access to my Hotmail account on my Mac since yesterday morning, please provide help rapidly. Thanks.

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