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
Rémi
Note: As I am Easy Group developper, I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise,from my recommendation or link.

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**Before i start, i posted this in the Outlook section and was told to post it the Outlook for Exchange section.. So i posted this in the Outlook for Exchange section and the Moderator tells me to post it in the
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I have a user who adds emails to the "Notes" section of a shared contact. It has worked in the past. She now drags and drops the email into the notes folder, it shows that the email was added, she saves the contact, closes the contact,
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On the bottom of the contact's window it says "Last modified by [email protected] on 11/19/2014" So it doesn't seem to have updated for about 5 months.
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14:16:33 Local subject: {SU:Ingrid CFA}
14:16:33 Remote subject: {SU:Ingrid CFA}
14:16:33 Local Message Entry ID: {CB:70, LPB:0x00000000AFA1EF859AE6504792345849F0F0C4140700E9345E3213702241A10CFA6D622F656C000001FFFB240000DBEC5D21812CC942B34B4111BD5F0D3300017B8B40200000}
14:16:33 Remote Message Entry ID: {CB:70, LPB:0x000000007524BE6B5A3B5E4382F176DC9F66C4DE0700E9345E3213702241A10CFA6D622F656C000001FFFB240000DBEC5D21812CC942B34B4111BD5F0D3300017B8B40200000}
14:16:33 Local Message ChgKey: {CB:20, LPB:0xD7D33145CC21034ABB74B571156377D000174173}
14:16:33 Remote Message ChgKey: {CB:22, LPB:0x8979D80AC4A8874A871E528FE6AC747F00004F6A9170}
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14:16:33 Remote Message PCL: {CB:268, LPB:0x161E914ECBC493AC4DB8B2AF029E78C12E0000001317851620B5DB08ECAA48428A9EFC2F9C38593200000365FB6B142C5B7C2DE3E3674D8036C55574F581140001991C142D56F92C21695244880EA94B73C5F9F000011F9A1656474D622DDFC640AE23640306698C0D00000675A6931667233CF272684543A43008D46655DACB00000460EDF0167A7D3852E0F5AA41B6E04DEED86D0A090000BA3D086C16A33B60E3AD0C7C45BCD9DCEEA91B3A0200000008526714C35DB6FE77E94949A11DF79D4584CC7D0003C18F14D7D33145CC21034ABB74B571156377D00015153716DBEC5D21812CC942B34B4
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I've checked other posts online and couldn't quite figure out a solution to this issue. Any help or direction would be appreciated.
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My first post:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-outlook/outlook-shared-contacts-sync-issue/d10b10f3-b4f2-4e31-bb2d-b24fdc0920a9?rtAction=1430142184379
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Hi Allen,
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After dragging the email into this location, I hit save and close the contact card. Usually the email stays there in the notes section but lately when I reopen the contact card, the email that I dropped into the Notes section has disappeared. Other
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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
Rémi
Note: As I am Easy Group developper, I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise,from my recommendation or link.

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