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This wikiHow will teach you to stop syncing contacts to iCloud, which means you will only see contacts that are stored locally on your phone.
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1Open the iPhone’s Settings. This is the grey icon with cogs located on one of the home screens.
- It may also be located in the “Utilities” folder on a home screen.
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2Scroll down and tap iCloud. This is in the fourth set of options.Advertisement
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3Sign in to your iCloud account (if necessary).
- Enter your Apple ID and password.
- Tap Sign in.
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4Scroll down and slide the Contacts button to the Off position. Contacts will no longer be synced to iCloud. Any iCloud contacts not already stored on this iPhone will be removed.
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Updated: May 15, 2018
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Disable the Contacts slider in the iCloud section of the Settings menu.
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