iPhone Contacts: Duplicates and Outlook links

I have over 20,000 contacts and many are duplicates, but I'm not seeing the option under My Card to remove/merge them. Also, most of them have a link to Outlook which I'm not sure how that got there, and what to do about it to clean everything up. I have a 15 Pro Max running 18.7.1 Thank you.

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 15, 2025 1:49 PM

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Dec 18, 2025 3:06 AM in response to rcspencer1

You may have stored the same contacts in multiple email accounts.

Either remove the contacts from the rarely used email account or disable contacts from the rarely used mail account in the iOS Mail app.


Unlike some Android devices, contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other



iPhone Contacts: Duplicates and Outlook links

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