ITunes deleting Outlook Contacts without Asking?

I just now removed a contact from my iPhone that existed both in my iPhone and in my Microsoft Outlook program.
Then I synced the phone. iTunes deleted that contact from my Outlook.
Not a single warning or prompt.
It just went into a 3rd party application and deleted the contact.
What if I wanted to keep that contact in Outlook?
What if I only wanted it removed from my phone?
Please advise.

What if I wanted to keep that contact in Outlook?
What if I only wanted it removed from my phone?
Please advise.
Then don't sync your contacts. With bidirectional syncing, ANY change on one device will reflect on the other. You can't selectively sync some contacts and not others.
Expanding on what deggie said, you have 242 posts here ALL of which complain about the features of the iPhone or the attempted help you got from others responding to you. 100% complaining. You're either a hard core compulsive toll or a masochist. Move on to another phone or another forum, but just move on...
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