From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On 28 Jan 2026 17:18:32 +0000 (GMT), 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?   
   >   
   >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?   
      
   There also might be one in your phone, another on the SIM, and yet   
   another in Gmail contacts.   
      
      
      
      
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