How to Sync Contacts with Facebook
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Alfian Adi Saputra
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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Fortunately, there is a way to by hand connect or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Also see: Ways to switch off notices in Facebook Messenger.).
How To Sync Contacts With Facebook
If in your contacts book you cannot see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll initially have to go to the phone app, tap contacts, then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you've got the Facebook app installed on your smart device and are visited, you need to see Facebook there as a choice.
Tap it, and then inspect whether you've turned Sync Contacts on. If not, you'll want to turn it on now. It'll take a minute to sync.
Now return to your contacts book and you'll discover lots of new contacts, all of which have been imported from Facebook. Not all them will have phone numbers but lots of will have email addresses at least, and they need to likewise have profile images.
You should now tap Merge duplicate contacts in the Phone app's Settings menu to clean your contacts book up a bit.
Still not working? If it's just that you wish to delete a few of the contacts that are showing up, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hold on a contact you do not wish to see. Then tap delete.
The best ways to manually connect contacts with Facebook.
Irritatingly, though, by hand merging and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has been difficult considering that Android 4.0. It's not ideal, however the finest solution we've discovered originates from a third-party app. There are numerous alternatives, but the very best one we've discovered so far that's free and works well is Sync.Me.
Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts currently saved on your smartphone. It's less fussy than the integrated Facebook sync tool, and lets you by hand pick which contacts match with which Facebook profile.
If you find that a contact is matched with the incorrect profile you can just tap on it within the Sync.Me app, tap Incorrect Profile and search Facebook to find the one that matches.
Any contacts that Sync.Me isn't sure about will reveal on the Solve Matches page. Just tap the contact's name, then tap the profile in the "Recommendations" area that matches, or click Facebook to by hand browse your contacts and find the ideal individual. This normally applies to contacts in your telephone directory that you've stored with just a very first name.
When you've finished, tap Done and the app will sync all of your contacts.
You may discover that some contacts still haven't synced, particularly if you have actually listed that contact in your telephone directory with a nickname, or perhaps simply 'Mum,' or 'Dad,' for example. Do repair that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the pertinent contact, and after that tap the plus icon beneath Facebook. You can now find that person's profile and by hand sync it.
The best ways to delete all Facebook contacts.
If you have actually currently synced from Facebook utilizing the method described previously in this short article, you might find that hundreds of Facebook contacts that you actually do not desire on your phone will still be appearing.
How To Sync Contacts With Facebook, To delete them simultaneously without getting rid of the Sync.Me contacts and the contacts you've imported from other accounts, go to Contacts, tap Menu, then tap Accounts. There, tap on Facebook and after that tap Get rid of account.
If you ever change your mind you can constantly return to this page, tap Include account and then choose Facebook.