How do I unmerge multiple email names in a single iCloud contact?

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How do I unmerge multiple email names in a single iCloud contact?

After using an app to clean up my iCloud account because my storage was being maxed out, I used the Contacts cleanup feature. It took multiple emails from one organization and placed them all in one contact so now when I receive an email I have no idea who it’s coming from from that organization they all come in under the same one email name. I searched here for how to unmerged these no answers seem to address this question specifically I’d like to De couple the multiple names in the single Contact. Can you help me.

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Original Title: Unmerge Contacts in

iPhone 16, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 4, 2025 2:22 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Dec 4, 2025 2:26 PM in response to Question_10

Maybe this?

If you accidentally deleted your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks from iCloud - Apple Support

"Restore your contacts or bookmarks from an earlier version

Sign in to iCloud.com.

Click Settings.

Scroll down and under Advanced, click Restore Contacts or Restore Bookmarks.

Click Restore next to the date before you deleted the content.

Click Restore again to confirm. After the restore completes, you'll get a notification on iCloud.com and an email to the address on file with your Apple ID."

If that does not do what you want it to do, you might have to erase your device and then restore it from a backup made before you merged the contacts. Read this support article to discover how to restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup --> Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

Avoid using third party utilities to manage things. They can have unanticipated consequences.

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Question_10 Author

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Dec 4, 2025 2:50 PM in response to Limnos

Thank you, but no, I don’t want to restore everything that I got rid of. I just want to sort out the ones I intended to keep those have been inadvertently merged some replies talk about abilities to unmerged things if you go into the contact itself, but I don’t see that option on mine. The app came to me through Apple soliciting me to buy more storage so it’s very frustrating.

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