From: java@evij.com.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-28 17:18, Theo wrote:   
   > Andy Burns  wrote:   
   >> Java Jive wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Now I have an extra choice of versions to edit!  How can I merge them   
   >>> all into one, just one, version and ensure that this idiocy never occurs   
   >>> again?   
   >>   
   >> Occasionally my phone pops-up a message offering to merge and tidy up my   
   >> contacts, I've always said "no" as I'm worried how bad a job it could   
   >> make of it ...   
   >>   
   >> Having just had a poke about within the Google Contacts app, at the   
   >> bottom right is "Organise", within there is "Merge and Fix" it doesn't   
   >> seem to do any merging for me though ... YMMV?   
      
   No, just the same after as before, 3 or 4 choices of version to edit.   
      
   > I think the duplicate contacts are because they come from different sources   
   > - one set of local contacts, one on your Google account, one from your   
   > Microsoft account, one from another email provider, etc etc.  I wonder if   
   > 'tidy' is basically saying consolidate all the contacts into the Google pot?   
      
   I don't allow syncing with my Google account, so *ALL* the versions are   
   on the device  -  when I touch the 'Edit' symbol, I get a choice of   
   three or four versions, each marked 'Device', the only difference   
   between them sometimes is that one might have a different coloured   
   background circle to the first letter (none have been given 'icons' or   
   other pictorial identifiers).   
      
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