Wanting to rearrange your Samsung Galaxy A8 is a good thing, we always save more files there so being a little rigorous doesn't hurt. In any case, whether you want to sell your phone or just get off to a good start, sorting your phone book is not a very complex operation, however you are not necessarily aware of how it works.
In this article, we will explain to you how to delete all contacts from your Samsung Galaxy A8. We will first show you the situations in which it is advisable to do this, then, how to erase all the contacts from your phone, first on the phone memory, then those synchronized by your google account.
When is it useful to delete all contacts from your Samsung Galaxy A8?
So we start this tutorial by quickly seeing the advantages of deleting all the contacts from a Samsung Galaxy A8. In most situations it is when you are going to change your phone that you will need to clean it, if you are looking to sell your Samsung Galaxy A8, pass it on to a friend of yours ... We recommend that you delete all your data, whatever you want to be. sure to preserve your privacy, or just to leave a clean phone for its next owner The last scenario in which you may need to erase all the numbers stored on your Samsung Galaxy A8 is if you come to acquire a phone in which there are still files from the previous owner.
How to delete all contacts from my Samsung Galaxy A8?
It's time to learn the different possibilities for delete all contacts from your Samsung Galaxy A8. As we quickly told you in the introduction, there can be various types of contacts saved on your device. You can first have contacts that are stored either on your SIM card or in the phone memory. And these are therefore contacts stored directly in physical on your Samsung Galaxy A8, or the second option is to have contacts that are synchronized from your Google account .
In the event that you want to understand how to delete only one or more contacts from your Samsung Galaxy A8 we invite you to consult our guide.
How to delete all the contacts from my Samsung Galaxy A8 saved on the smartphone?
So we start our little guide by learning the solution for delete all of the contacts from your Samsung Galaxy A8 which are stored on your device's memory. The solution is quite simple and you can empty the phone book of your Samsung Galaxy A8 very simply. Follow the few guidelines below to do so:
- Open the “Phone” application of your Samsung Galaxy A8
- Slide the screen to the left to get to the tab "Contacts"
- Tap the three small vertical dots at the top right
- Then press "Delete"
- Check the button " All " to select all of your contacts
- To confirm the procedure press the button at the bottom of the screen " Remove "
How to delete all of the contacts from my Samsung Galaxy A8 synchronized by Google?
Second option, it is possible to desynchronize all the contacts from your Google account to your Samsung Galaxy A8. These are actually contacts that you saved from your previous cell phones to your Android account. These synchronize automatically when you link your Google account to your Samsung Galaxy A8. To erase them all at once, apply the following guidelines:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy A8
- Go to the "Accounts and backup" menu
- Then in the "Accounts" tab, find the email address linked to your Google account and click on it
- Go to “Account Synchronization” and deselect “Contacts” to delete all of your Google contacts on your Samsung Galaxy A8
In case you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy A8, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A8.
