How do I stop my contacts backing up to the cloud?

My wife and I share an iCloud account and we want to keep our contacts separate. I guess the best way is to stop backing contacts up to the cloud. How do I do this?

Although I wouldn't consider it the best fix you can turn it off on the iPhone in Settings/iCloud turning off Contacts. The best fix would be to creat separate accounts.

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