Deleting a contact group is not possible

I have been trying for hours to delete a few contact groups I have created years ago. I do not need them anymore. I tried clicking delete on my mac but the option is greyed out. What can I do?

this fixed my problem of not being able to delete groups and any contacts.
Instead of using username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
i went to users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4013261?start=0&tstart=0

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I am trying to delete a contact group on my iPhone and can't find how to. I do not use Mobile Me which I have read a bit about but can;t for the life of me find a way to delete the group!!

For instance, I use Windows Address Book, because I don't want all my contacts from Outlook on my phone, but you could use Outlook or another contact manager. I went into WAB, found the extra group entries, and deleted them. This does not delete contacts in the group, if any.
Then on the next sync, they were corrected. If you have spurious ones left over from another sync method, in iTunes , choose "info", and down the page under "Advanced", "Replace Info on this iPhone", Choose "Contacts". On the next sync, it should look right.

Since installing ios6, my contacts groups are not selectable and reminders is not accurate on the i phone

Since installing ios 6, mygroups in contacts groups are not selectable and reminders is not accurate on the i phone: no problems with the ipad.
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How to delete a contact group on the iPhone?

Hello!
I've been searching for a way to delete a contact group on the iPhone, but I was not able to find one. The only answers I have found tried to tell me that it is not possible to do this on the iPhone. But I can hardly believe that the people at Apple would be so stupid not to include such a thing, as there are iPhone users who do not own a computer. How should they manage their contacts?
So, would someone please be so kind and tell me how to delete a contact group on the device?
TIA,
Jan

And, it's an even bigger shame that you let your customers do your work in the forum here. I expected to have an Apple employee read and answer the messages.
You should have read the terms of use for these discussions, which you were provided and had to agree with when registering here and you would not have expected this here.
http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa#discuss
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How do I delete a contact group from my iphone

How do I delete a contact group from my iphone?

Download Easy Group. It is totally free. Lauch it. Click on Edit. Click on red-cross next to your unwanted group. That's all. http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/easy-group/id461469079?mt=8
Rémi
Note: As I am Easy Group developper, I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise,from my recommendation or link.

I have the iphone 4 and seem to have deleted my contacts, i do not sync my phone, any help? Thanks

I have the iphone 4 and seem to have deleted my contacts, i do not sync my phone, any help? Thanks

Simply turn off the iPhone for about 60 seconds, and see if they reappear. If not, I would call Apple Care at 800-676-2775.

Deleting Empty Contact Group? iCloud contact syncing issues.

I have two contact groups on my iPhone with no contacts in them. How do I delete them from my iPhone? They are annoying. I have read multiple threads on this topic and still can't figure it out.
Also, after backing up to iCloud - not one of my 84 contacts actually backed up? Is there some setting I am missing? Only one contact showed up and it was my own name and email address?
Any help would be great.
Thanks.

Best way is to use a 3rd party app managing groups. Easy Group is a free one I have developped.
Launch it, all your groups will automatically appear
Tap on "Edit"
Tap on red cross next to the groups you want to delete
http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/easy-group/id461469079?mt=8
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Delete duplicate Contacts Groups

Previously I sync'd Contacts from My Mac, but recently starting using Mobile.me on my iPhone 3GS. Now under Contacts/Groups I have the old data from My Mac syncs and the new Groups coming from Mobile.me. How can I purge the old My Mac groups off the phone without loosing other valuable stuff like Notes, etc.

Select the title you want to delete on your left,
go to Edit in the Menubar
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Deleting Duplicate Contact Group

So... I sync'd my contacts "from my mac" while I was already syncing with MobileMe, and now I have duplicates of all my contacts, and as such I would like to delete the "All from My Mac" group.
In searching for a solution, I found various older posts all of which basically said that you cannot delete an entire contact group on an iPhone. But as the most recent post I found was 6 months old, I am wondering if anybody out there has any new insight they can provide to solve this mildly annoying situation?
Lance.

To get rid of the duplicate contacts caused by syncing with both MobileMe and your computer:
1. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe account > Contacts > "OFF"
2. You will be asked what you want to do with previously synced contacts - select "Delete from my iPhone".
3. Connect your phone to iTunes, go to device page, info tab and disable sync contacts.
4. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > MobileMe acct > Contacts > "ON"
5. You will then get message: "There are existing contacts synced with your Mac. Would you like to merge them with your MobileMe account?" Choose "Do not merge."
6. You will then be asked: "What would you like to do with the existing contacts on your iPhone?" Choose "Delete."
7. In a couple of minutes your phone will sync back your contacts from MobliMe, without the duplicate copy from your computer.
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Deleting Stubborn Contact Group from iPhone

I created a new Group in my contacts on MobileMe and it was synced to my iPhone 3G just fine and it also appeared in my contacts on the Mac. I then deleted the Group on MobileMe and (there were no contact in it) and it was also deleted from my Mac. However, no matter what I do, I can not get that Group name to delete itself from the iPhone for some reason. Everything else is syncing just fine.
Is there a way to delete contact groups directly from the iPhone? The group does not exist anymore on MobileMe or in my contacts on the Mac.

Hi prosumer,
One thing to try that might help out.
Go to settings > mail, contacts, calendars > your mobile me account.
Here you will be able to turn off contact syncing.
This will remove the contacts and groups from your iphone.
Wait for a few minutes, then turn contact syncing back on.
It will take a few minutes to sync back, based on the amount of contacts you have.
Hope this helps.

How do I delete a contact which is not in my contact list or anywhere else?

I need to delete contact information (email addresses and names) on my iPhone which keep coming up every time I type a remotely similar name in Mail, but isn't in my contact list.
I tried searching for the name and then the associated email address using the iPhone but came up with no result. I searched for the name and then the associated email address inside of my HP HDX-18t (Vista Ultimate 64bit) but came up with no result. I tried searching for the name and then the associated email address using the iPhone but came up with no result. I searched for the name and then the associated email address inside of my Yahoo account (using my Vista PC, not the iPhone) but came up with no result. I searched for the name and then the associated email address inside of all of my other email addresses and devices but came up with no result.
These names and the associated email addresses show up only in my iPhone and absolutely nowhere else. I tried Restoring my iPhone and that did not resolve the problem. Using the iPhone I tried going to Settings - General - Reset - Erase All Content and Settings. This did not solve the problem.
Every time I've ever sent an email to an email address and received a response from that email address that email address and name associated with the response has been stored someplace in the phone but no place else. This is a major pain because every time I try to send an email to one of my actual contacts I have to either type out their full name or flick through a stream of contacts which are not in any of my sources. This means I cannot send an email quickly (I'm using an iPhone so I should be used to a lack of speed, huh?) and am often lost in a sea of names and email addresses I cannot eliminate.
How do I get rid of this? I want all of the names and addresses which are not in any of my other locations gone! These are not even in my iPhone Contacts or even in the Sent email folders so there must be a way to delete them without their coming back!?!?!???!??!
Thanks all who answer with solutions which serve to solve the problem.
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Try logging into your Yahoo account from a computer, search out the contact you are trying to delete and manually correct or delete the bad contact.
The bad information might be hidden as a second address or other contact information (or misspelled) and not be showing up on the iphone but will pull up the address anyway.
I had one old address in a contact that kept pulling up each time i tried to email him. The new address was there, but the old address was what the phone kept showing. When I edited the contact info from my computer the old address went away, and the new address started poping up.

My outlook 2010 Contact Groups are not visible in iTunes; only syncs main Outlook Contact Folder, others not synching

I have an iPhone (running the latest device software) and have Outlook 2010 for PC on my desktop. I have several Outlook 2010 Contact Folders/Groups but when I try to sync with my iPhone I only have the option to sync all of my contacts.
When I sync this -- the only Outlook folder/group that is synced is my main 'Contacts' folder/group. All the rest of my folders/groups are not being transferred to my iPhone. I've had this issue for a few months now -- and though I like the iPhone, my old Blackberry nev er presented this problem when it came to the simple base function of syncing. Appreciate your help -- as I am out of answers. Thanks.

Hello kungpow112,
The following article provides some useful information and troubleshooting steps that can help get Outlook and iTunes speaking the same language again.
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Troubleshooting contact and calendar syncing via USB on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1692
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LT41 - Group TR - Not possible to mark items (bug?)

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transaction LT41 can be used to group together TR under one group number. This can later be used to create TOs, print TOs and confirm TOs for this group number.
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My iPhone has two contact groups of the same name. One of the duplicate group's is empty. One has appropriate contacts. My computer's address book does not have the same duplication. Yet, when I sync through iTunes the duplicate group still remains on the iPhone. How do I remove this duplication?

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