Help [SOLVED] Contacts (People) showing up multiple times???

[mundane24]

edit: i figured it out! duhh! it was her gmail with 900+ contacts being pulled onto the phone. i told her she needs to either clean up her gmail or start anew - saving contacts on her phone.

a friend asked me to take a look at her new HTC Rhyme from Verizon. im not quite familiar with this new phone but the 'People' (Contacts) are showing up multiple times. some 5x some even more!?! i dont really know how to go about it. maybe deleting the duplicates... but that would be tedious. i was hoping someone can help me. thanks in advance!

 

[Devoria78]

There is an easy way to remove all those extra contacts. You simply follow these steps:
(1) go to contacts (people)
(2)then click the menu button
(3) then click more
(4) click linked contacts
(5) then unclick the Link all at the top (this may take a few mintues depending on the # of contacts you have)
(6) once its done you should no long have multiple contacts

Also at the top of your contacts/people it pulls down if you eve want to sync all those contacts back
To just have the ones that were in your phone only phone should be checked

 

[lauren63]

There is an easy way to remove all those extra contacts. You simply follow these steps:
(1) go to contacts (people)
(2)then click the menu button
(3) then click more
(4) click linked contacts
(5) then unclick the Link all at the top (this may take a few mintues depending on the # of contacts you have)
(6) once its done you should no long have multiple contacts

Also at the top of your contacts/people it pulls down if you eve want to sync all those contacts back
To just have the ones that were in your phone only phone should be checked

What do you do when you still have multiple contacts but those contacts are not listed under the link tab?!?!?!? IM SOOOOOOO CONFUSED!!! please help!!!