Syncing with itunes and icloud caused duplicate contacts

I used icloud once to update phone - now have duplicate contacts on both phone and computer - I seem to be able to delete the duplicates on computer 10 at a time which is annoying, but when I go to sync with the iphone, the duplicates are still on the phone - I have tried using the Advanced setting to have the contacts on iphone replaced with what is on the computer but it does not delete the duplicates.  

When syncing contacts over the air with your iCloud account and direct with a supported address book application on your computer, contacts on your iPhone will be duplicated.
On your iPhone go to Settings > iCloud.
Turn Contacts off for over the air syncing. A warning message will be provided indicating this will remove all your iCloud online contacts from your iPhone. If you are provided a prompt to save these contacts locally on your iPhone, decline the prompt. This will not remove the contacts stored locally on your iPhone that were synced direct with the Address Book on your Mac via the iTunes sync process.
Remove all duplicates from the Address Book on your Mac. When you get the Address Book on your Mac how you want it, try selecting Contacts for replace info on this iPhone below the Advanced section under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes followed by selecting Apply and a Sync.

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