From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:17:15 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Does that stop them from showing up?   
      
      
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