how to delete more than 10 contacts in outlook 365, how to delete more than 50 contacts in outlook 365

Anonymous
2023-02-03T18:24:46+00:00

This is conceivable. I've been using Apple and iCloud for the last 15 years. For some time I wanted to check how to work on WIN 11. For mail and contacts, I chose Outlook in 365.

Something bad happened in the contact database and I had to delete them all to upload new ones. I had almost 3000 of them and now attention:

To do this, you need to delete them with 10 pcs. !

Then, to delete them from the deleted folder, you need to delete with 50 pcs.

It is unlikely that it lacks such basic features that have been present for a long time in google and iCloud.

Can anyone answer the question why this is so?

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MVP OShon

***Moved from Outlook/Outlook for Windows/for home***

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-18T10:40:31+00:00

    Hi MarekSzczerba,

    I understand how you feel and the frustrations when you accidentally synced your iPhone Contacts to your personal Outlook.com contacts. According to this situation, the only way to clear up your personal Outlook.com contacts is By Select 10 contacts at one time and delete them, and repeat this process until you finally clear up all the contacts.

    Given the expectations as below:

    • I want to delete all my entire Outlook.com contacts
    • I wish my every 1 second can delete 1 contact in my Outlook.com contacts
    • I do not want spend my entire time / lifes / days to manually delete the contacts 10 by 10

    Here is the solution ideas:

    1. Go to make.powerautomate.com
    2. Sign in with your Outlook.com email
    3. Click "+ Create"
    4. Click "Schedule cloud flow"
    5. Follow the settings as below screenshots: - Please ensure a one minute gap before the actual starting time. Flow name can be any :)
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    6. Click "Create"
    7. Under Recurrence, click "Show Advanced Options"
    8. Select your timezone
    9. Click "+ Add new step"
    10. Search & Select "Outlook.com"
    11. Search & Select "Get Contacts"
    12. Under Get Contacts action, click "Show Advanced Options"
    13. Put "10" as your Top Count
    14. Click "+ Add new step"
    15. Search & Select "Outlook.com"
    16. Search & Select "Delete Contact"
    17. Select "Contacts" as your Folder Id
    18. Under "**Id" ,**click any blank area and open Dynamic content menu, Search & Select "Id"
    19. Once you done, click "Save"
    20. You can test your flow if is working with "Test > Manually"
    21. When your flow ran successfully, continue your work or give yourself a rest. Let the Power Automate take over the rest.

    Expected Outcome as below:

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    1. I have 4000 contacts to be deleted
    2. 1 second can delete 1 contact
    3. Total time required = 4000 seconds
    4. 4000 seconds = 1.1 days

    In summary, once you set up this flow, the next day you will see all your Outlook contacts has clear up.

    Note: Once you checked all your contacts had deleted, kindly please Turn Off the flow.

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    Lastly, above solution is applicable for Outlook 365.

    Hope it helps ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T05:51:35+00:00

    Sorry to hear about your issue. Here is a link that might help you - Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts - Microsoft Community Hub

    If you are not a Teams user, you can simply follow steps 4 to 9 to remove all device synced contacts.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T05:51:06+00:00

    Very sorry to hear about your issue. Here is a link that might help you - Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts - Microsoft Community Hub

    If you are not a Teams user, you can simply follow steps 4 to 9 to remove all device synced contacts.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T05:50:42+00:00

    Sorry to hear about your issue. Here is a link that might help you - Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts - Microsoft Community Hub

    If you are not a Teams user, you can simply follow steps 4 to 9 to remove all device synced contacts.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T13:49:44+00:00

    Sorry to hear about your issue. Here is a link that might help you - Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts - Microsoft Community Hub

    If you are not a Teams user, you can simply follow steps 4 to 9 to remove all device synced contacts.

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