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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-10T13:52:45+00:00

    I have the same issue.

    How is this real?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-04T18:46:47+00:00

    This issue has not been resolved, can only delete 10 at a time

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-19T12:54:44+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?

    ___________

    Piszesz po angielsku - przenoszę na portal angielski.

    MVP OShon

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

    I am having the same problem. What a sick joke.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-20T14:08:04+00:00

    Hi Dhivya Sengottaiyan,

    You can try out my following solution.

    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 :) ![Image](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/e5a6e26e-d8a8-4465-8706-a3ac985d353a?platform=QnA
    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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    Once you set up this flow and let it run, the next day you will see all your Outlook contacts has cleared.

    Once it done, please Turn Off the flow.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-20T06:57:12+00:00

    Same issue from my end. MS please allow option to bulk delete entire contacts. This is hectic to delete 10 by 10.

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