How to Erase "All on My iPhone" from my Contacts?

it doesn't really bother me but since I have all my contacts in my iCloud I feel like I don't really need any of my contacts directly in my iPhone.
I just wondering How I would Erase my Contacts from iPhone? if I sync with my mac it doubles up with iCloud contacts that is in my address book

Go into Settings...Mail, Calendar and Contacts and siwtch off the Contacts section from the account in question.
The phone should ask you if you want to keep or erase the contacts stored on you phone.
However, if they aren't synched to anything and only exist on your iPhone, you'll have to delete them all one by one

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