Sync Contacts From Facebook

Sync Contacts From Facebook - Connecting your contacts with Facebook can be useful, but it can also be quite aggravating. Frequently, you'll discover that some didn't sync automatically, that you have actually now got duplicate contacts because the names don't quite match, or that your contacts book is overruning with the information of Facebook pals you didn't understand you had.

The good news is, there is a method to by hand link or unlink contacts with Facebook on Android, and here we show you how. (Likewise see: The best ways to turn off alerts in Facebook Messenger.).

Sync Contacts From Facebook


If in your contacts book you can't see any connected Facebook contacts, you'll first have to go to the phone app, tap contacts, and then tap more. Now, click accounts, and if you've got the Facebook app installed on your smart device and are logged in, you must 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 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 telephone number but numerous will have e-mail addresses a minimum of, and they need to likewise have profile images.

You must 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 just that you wish 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 don't want to see. Then tap delete.

How to by hand connect contacts with Facebook.

Aggravatingly, though, manually combining and connecting your contacts with their Facebook profiles has actually been tough given that Android 4.0. It's not perfect, but the finest service we've discovered originates from a third-party app. There are numerous alternatives, however the very best one we have actually discovered so far that's totally free and works well is Sync.Me.

Sync.Me lets you match Facebook contacts with contacts already stored on your smart device. It's less fussy 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 wrong profile you can simply 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 show 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 search your contacts and find the right individual. This normally applies to contacts in your phone book that you have actually saved with just a first name.

When you have actually ended up, tap Done and the app will sync all your contacts.
You may find that some contacts still have not synced, particularly if you have actually listed that contact in your phonebook with a nickname, or perhaps simply 'Mum,' or 'Father,' for instance. Do repair that, fo into the Sync.Me app, tap on the relevant contact, then tap the plus icon beneath Facebook. You can now find that individual's profile and manually sync it.

Ways to delete all Facebook contacts.

If you have actually currently synced from Facebook using the technique described earlier in this short article, you may find that numerous Facebook contacts that you actually don't want on your phone will still be appearing.

Sync Contacts From 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 then tap Remove account.

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