HT201401 I have duplicate contacts in my icloud

Any quick resolutions to having multiple contacts in icloud other than individually deleting them?

@vdemtcho, do you have the same exact number of contacts on your iPhone and iCloud?
If so, then you can do the following:
Go to https://www.icloud.com/ and log in. Click on contacts. Click on the first contact you want to delete, then scroll down, hold “shift” and click on the last contact to be deleted. Then, press the “delete” key on you keyboard. At the prompt, confirm by clicking “Delete”. Your iCloud contacts are now gone.
Then on your iPhone, go to Settings > iCloud. In there, switch the toggle next to “Contacts” to “On”. If asked, confirm you'd like to merge the contacts with iCloud.
Your iPhone (iOS device) should now merge the local contacts with the ones on your iCloud, which you previously deleted. Hereon, any changes you make, such as adding new contacts or deleting existing ones on your iPhone, will be reflected on your iCloud, including other devices that are set to be sycned with iCloud.
If the number of contacts on your iPhone don't match 100% to your iCloud, then you will need to delete your iPhone's contacts and then sync it with your iCloud ones. Now as you can imagine, this can be a manual/tedious/painful work, but you can use the free iPhone app Spring Cleaning (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spring-cleaning/id382157893) which allows you to delete your contacts on your iPhone quickly, by making a selection and delete them in batches. Before doing this, make sure that your iCloud contacts are the right ones before you delete anything off your device.
I hope this helps. Good luck!

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