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   Carlos E.R. to Steve Hayes   
   Re: Blasted Contacts App   
   31 Jan 26 15:17:15   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-31 04:42, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:06:55 +0000, 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 had great difficulty when deleting unwanted contacts on my phone, it   
   > removed them from my Gmail account -- there are lots of people I will   
   > *never* want to phone, but I might want to email them.   
      
   Just delete the phone number. Easy.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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