Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (tablet) - Delete all contacts

Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (tablet)
Factory OS: Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)

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Delete all contacts

There are a number of ways, as below. The first two of these may be disabled on some networks/carriers or Android versions however.

1) Go to Settings – Applications – Manage Applications. Then chose All at the top. Then scroll down to Contacts Storage – Clear Data.

2) Go to Contacts. Then press Menu – Delete. Then press Select all (at the top) and then Delete again.

3) Go to Settings – Accounts and sync. Then untick Background data and Auto-sync. Then go to Gmail (or an account that your tablet syncs with) and delete all of your Contacts from there. Then re-sync your tablet.

4) Download an App called ‘Delete All Contacts’ and use that as a last resort.

These methods above will delete contacts from the tablet only, not the SIM card.

 
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