Previous owners contacts & calendars on my devices

I just bought an ipad 1 from a friend and am running into an issue. All of his contacts and calendars have been added to my ipad and iphone. I am afraid to delete them through icloud.com in case the delete on his devices. That would be terrible. Not sure if my stuff is synching to his devices. Not sure why it would sync when I am signed into icloud with my own account. How do I safely remove his contacts and calendare events from my devices and keep mine from updating to his? Thanks.

In order to delete all his data you need to setup the iPad as a new device. Since you will be using your own Apple ID and password, that won't delete any of his data on his devices.
How to set up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a new device

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