Sync Facebook Contacts android

Sync Facebook Contacts Android - Connecting your contacts with Facebook can be convenient, but it can likewise be quite aggravating. Often, you'll find that some didn't sync instantly, that you have actually now got duplicate contacts since the names don't quite match, or that your contacts book is overruning with the details of Facebook pals you didn't understand you had.

Luckily, there is a method to manually link or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Likewise see: The best ways to change off alerts in Facebook Messenger.).

 

Sync Facebook Contacts Android

If in your contacts book you can't see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll first need 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 smartphone and are visited, you need to see Facebook there as an alternative.

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 find great deals of brand-new contacts, all which have actually been imported from Facebook. Not all of them will have telephone number but lots of will have email addresses a minimum of, and they ought to also have profile images.

You should now tap Merge replicate 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 want to delete some of the contacts that are showing up, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hang on a contact you don't desire to see. Then tap erase.

The best ways to by hand connect contacts with Facebook.

Aggravatingly, however, by hand combining and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has actually been difficult because Android 4.0. It's not ideal, but the finest service we have actually found comes from a third-party app. There are a number of alternatives, but the finest one we have actually discovered up until now that's free and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts currently kept on your smartphone. It's less particular than the built-in Facebook sync tool, and lets you by hand pick which contacts match with which Facebook profile.

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

Any contacts that Sync.Me isn't really sure about will show on the Solve Matches page. Merely tap the contact's name, and then tap the profile in the "Tips" section that matches, or click Facebook to manually search your contacts and discover the ideal individual. This usually uses to contacts in your telephone directory that you have actually stored with just a very first name.

When you've completed, tap Done and the app will sync all of your contacts.
You may find that some contacts still have not synced, particularly if you've listed that contact in your phone book with a label, or possibly just 'Mum,' or 'Father,' for instance. Do fix that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the relevant contact, and then tap the plus icon beneath Facebook. You can now find that individual's profile and by hand sync it.

The best ways to delete all Facebook contacts.

If you've already synced from Facebook utilizing the method described earlier in this article, you might find that numerous Facebook contacts that you really don't want on your phone will still be showing up.

Sync Facebook Contacts Android, To erase them at one time without eliminating 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 then tap Get rid of account.

If you ever alter your mind you can always go back to this page, tap Add account then pick Facebook.

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