Facebook Contacts Sync
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Alfian Adi Saputra
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Thankfully, there is a way to by hand connect or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we reveal you how. (Likewise see: Ways to turn off alerts in Facebook Messenger.).
Facebook Contacts Sync
If in your contacts book you cannot see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll initially need to go to the phone app, tap contacts, then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you have actually got the Facebook app installed on your mobile phone and are visited, you need to see Facebook there as an alternative.
Tap it, then check whether you've turned Sync Contacts on. If not, you'll wish to turn it on now. It'll take a moment to sync.
Now go back to your contacts book and you'll find great deals of new contacts, all of which have been imported from Facebook. Not all them will have phone numbers however lots of will have email addresses a minimum of, and they need to also have profile images.
You ought to 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 want to erase some of the contacts that are appearing, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hang on a contact you don't desire 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 actually been difficult considering that Android 4.0. It's not ideal, however the very best option we've found originates from a third-party app. There are numerous alternatives, but the very best one we've found up until now that's free and works well is Sync.Me.
Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts already saved on your smartphone. It's less choosy than the integrated 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 just 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 reveal on the Solve Matches page. Merely tap the contact's name, and then tap the profile in the "Tips" area that matches, or click Facebook to manually search your contacts and find the right person. This normally applies to contacts in your phone book that you've stored with just a given name.
When you have actually finished, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You may find that some contacts still haven't synced, especially if you have actually listed that contact in your telephone directory with a nickname, or possibly simply 'Mum,' or 'Daddy,' for example. Do fix that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the appropriate contact, and after that tap the plus icon beneath Facebook. You can now discover that individual's profile and by hand sync it.
How to delete all Facebook contacts.
If you've currently synced from Facebook utilizing the technique described previously in this short article, you may discover that numerous Facebook contacts that you actually don't desire on your phone will still be revealing up.
Facebook Contacts Sync, To erase them at one time without eliminating 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 after that tap Get rid of account.
If you ever change your mind you can constantly go back to this page, tap Add account and after that pick Facebook.