How to Sync Facebook Contacts android

How To Sync Facebook Contacts Android - Linking your contacts with Facebook can be convenient, however it can likewise be rather discouraging. Often, you'll find that some didn't sync automatically, that you've now got duplicate contacts because the names do not rather match, or that your contacts book is overruning with the information of Facebook good friends you didn't know you had.

The good news is, there is a way to manually connect or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Also see: Ways to switch off alerts in Facebook Messenger.).

 

How To Sync Facebook Contacts Android

If in your contacts book you can't see any linked Facebook contacts, you'll first have to go to the phone app, tap contacts, and then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you have actually got the Facebook app set up on your smartphone and are logged in, you need to see Facebook there as a choice.

Tap it, and after that inspect whether you've turned Sync Contacts on. If not, you'll wish to turn it on now. It'll take a minute to sync.

Now return to your contacts book and you'll discover lots of brand-new contacts, all which have been imported from Facebook. Not all them will have phone numbers however numerous will have e-mail addresses at least, and they must 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 simply that you wish to erase a few of the contacts that are showing up, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hang on a contact you do not desire to see. Then tap erase.

How to manually link contacts with Facebook.

Irritatingly, though, by hand merging and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has actually been tough given that Android 4.0. It's not perfect, but the very best solution we've discovered originates from a third-party app. There are numerous options, but the very best one we have actually found up until now that's free and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts already kept on your smart device. It's less picky than the built-in Facebook sync tool, and lets you manually select which contacts match with which Facebook profile.

If you find that a contact is matched with the incorrect profile you can simply tap on it within the Sync.Me app, tap Incorrect Profile and browse Facebook to discover the one that matches.

Any contacts that Sync.Me isn't sure about will reveal on the Solve Matches page. Simply tap the contact's name, and then tap the profile in the "Ideas" section that matches, or click Facebook to by hand browse your contacts and find the best individual. This normally applies to contacts in your phone book that you've stored with simply a given name.

When you have actually finished, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You might discover that some contacts still haven't synced, particularly if you've noted that contact in your phonebook with a nickname, or possibly merely 'Mum,' or 'Papa,' for example. Do repair that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the relevant contact, and then tap the plus icon below Facebook. You can now find that person's profile and by hand sync it.

How to erase all Facebook contacts.

If you've already synced from Facebook utilizing the method described earlier in this short article, you might discover that numerous Facebook contacts that you actually do not desire on your phone will still be appearing.

How To Sync Facebook Contacts Android, To erase them at one time without getting rid of the Sync.Me contacts and the contacts you have actually imported from other accounts, go to Contacts, tap Menu, then tap Accounts. There, tap on Facebook and then tap Get rid of account.

If you ever alter your mind you can always return to this page, tap Add account then choose Facebook.

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