Over 30,000 contacts listed in my backup assistant. Help!

I have somehow been able to accumulate over 30,000 contacts listed in my backup assistant/Verizon online contacts.  How do I delete them or get someone at Verizon to delete them?

Chrsp wrote:
I have somehow been able to accumulate over 30,000 contacts listed in my backup assistant/Verizon online contacts.  How do I delete them or get someone at Verizon to delete them?
Ouch, long night ahead in your near future. You can log on to your My Verizon account, mouse over My Services, click on Backup Assistant in that list. Now you can either mouse over each contact and delete each one that you don't want, or you can mouse over the contact and click the check mark to the right on each contact on that screen that you don't want. After you have checked all the contacts you don't want, up at the top of that window, right above the the contacts and below the letter index is a small box that says "Actions", click on that box and click on delete, it will ask you if you are sure you want to delete these contacts.
30,000 contacts is massive, get some coffee and be prepared to be in front of the computer for a while, hope this helps.

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