How to Sync Contacts From Facebook

How To Sync Contacts From Facebook - Linking your contacts with Facebook can be helpful, but it can likewise be rather discouraging. Often, you'll discover that some didn't sync immediately, that you've now got replicate contacts due to the fact that the names don't quite match, or that your contacts book is overflowing with the details of Facebook good friends you didn't know you had.

Fortunately, there is a way to by hand link 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 Contacts From Facebook


If in your contacts book you cannot see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll first require to go to the phone app, tap contacts, and then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you've got the Facebook app set up on your smart device and are logged in, you need to see Facebook there as an option.

Tap it, then check whether you have actually turned Sync Contacts on. If not, you'll wish to turn it on now. It'll take a minute to sync.

Now go back to your contacts book and you'll find lots of brand-new contacts, all which have been imported from Facebook. Not all them will have contact number but numerous will have email addresses a minimum of, and they ought to likewise have profile images.

You need 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 desire to delete a few of the contacts that are appearing, you can go through your contacts book and tap and hold on a contact you do not desire to see. Then tap delete.

The best ways to manually link contacts with Facebook.

Aggravatingly, though, by hand combining and linking your contacts with their Facebook profiles has been tough because Android 4.0. It's not ideal, however the best option we've discovered comes from a third-party app. There are a number of options, but the very best one we have actually discovered so far that's free and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts currently stored on your smartphone. It's less particular than the integrated Facebook sync tool, and lets you by hand choose 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 Wrong Profile and search 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 after that tap the profile in the "Ideas" section that matches, or click Facebook to manually browse your contacts and find the best individual. This typically uses to contacts in your phone book that you've saved with just a given name.

When you've ended up, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You might discover that some contacts still have not synced, particularly if you have actually noted that contact in your phonebook with a label, or possibly just 'Mum,' or 'Dad,' for instance. Do repair that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the pertinent contact, then tap the plus icon below Facebook. You can now find that individual's profile and manually sync it.

The best ways to erase all Facebook contacts.

If you've already synced from Facebook utilizing the approach described previously in this article, you may find that numerous Facebook contacts that you actually do not want on your phone will still be appearing.

How To Sync Contacts From Facebook, To delete 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 after that tap Remove account.

If you ever change your mind you can always go back to this page, tap Include account and after that select Facebook.