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
    2023-05-16T15:13:34+00:00

    This doesn't have anything to do with the problem we are having, but thanks for trying to answer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-09T14:50:50+00:00

    I mean this is horrible and takes me a lot of time to fix.

    How can it be possible to set any stupid restriction like such, that it's totally useless in handle massive contact, let alone the missing feature of finding/merging duplicated contacts.

    The very basic function for any contact management.... To do batch delete and find duplicated is essential to any import and export of contact. It's also horrible in synchornize over multiple device, all the shared contacts cannot be found over phone or website, only visible in outlook desktop. Major frustration and how can this very basic problem still exist in year 2023???????

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-20T12:37:50+00:00

    It's possible to:

    • install outlook client on pc
    • setup microsoft account in it
    • switch to people section
    • delete all contacts at once
      This is a workaround, but it works for me and saves a lot of time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-26T10:52:39+00:00

    doesn't work.. i don't see my outlook.com contacts from the outlook pc client.

    seems like a feature MS put in on purpose.. its no wonder people don't want to use it as their main contacts list.

    i'm sticking to Google.. and i'm going to delete 10 at a time, even if it takes me forever to delete 2,500 contacts.

    big regret syncing over my Google contacts to outlook.com

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-28T13:12:43+00:00

    I'm dealing with the exact same problem. It's unbelievable that such a feature missing in Outlook.com in 2023. It's been six months since OP posted this question and Microsoft did nothing.

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