When you set up your Android, it automatically sets your Android Contacts and Android Calendar to synchronize with Google. Here is how to turn it off:
When your contacts are synced to your Google account, it automatically syncs as long as you are connected to the Internet. Your Google account must also be signed into your device as well. If you login to your Google account onto a brand new device, your contacts will also automatically sync and will be visible on your device. Tap your Google account in the To list. Select your Google account in the list of accounts you can move your contacts to. This will ensure that they reappear when you sign back in with your Google account, and that they can be accessed from contacts.google.com.
- On the main Android home screen find and tap Settings.
- Select 'Accounts and Backup'. This may appear as 'Accounts & Sync', 'Data Synchronization', or 'Cloud and Accounts'.
- Tap 'Accounts' or select the Google account name if it appears directly. This is usually designated with the Google 'G' logo.
- Select 'Sync Account' after selecting Google from the accounts list.
- Tap 'Sync Contacts' and 'Sync Calendar' to disable the Contact and Calendar sync with Google.
- Mar 04, 2021 Contact CSV files can be made from scratch or exported from your email client of choice. You can use a blank Gmail CSV file as a template to see the acceptable fields, then add your own contacts. Once complete, sign into your Google Contacts and import the CSV file. Don’t forget to double check your imported contacts for accuracy.
- To edit contacts, select the Google Apps menu Contacts, then select the Pencil icon to the right of the contact. This article explains how to edit a recipient's email address when sending messages and how to edit email contacts in Gmail. Instructions apply to the web version of Gmail in all web browsers.
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After you've completed the steps in Get Ready to Use the People API you are ready to read and manage contacts.
The following code samples demonstrate how to send a few simple requests:
- List the user's contacts.
- Search the user's contacts.
- Create a new contact.
- Update an existing contact.
- Delete an existing contact.
- Batch create new contacts.
- Batch update existing contacts.
- Batch delete existing contacts.
For a full list of methods, see the referencedocumentation.
Only contact based people can be modified. Profile based people read using resource name'people/me'
or by an account ID can not be modified.
List the user's contacts
To get a list ofpeople in the user's contacts, use the following code:
You can get a list of only changed contacts by settingrequestSyncToken
to true
in the request, and then using the syncToken
returned in the response in the syncToken
param for the next request. Sync tokens expire after 7 days, and will result in a 410 error. To handle that error, clients should send a request without the syncToken
to get the full list of contacts.Search the user's contacts
To search all of the user's contacts, use the following code:
Protocol
Java
Create a new contact
To create a new contact, use the following code:
Update an existing contact
To update an existing contact, you mustinclude the person.metadata.sources.etag
field in the person for the contact to beupdated to make sure the contact has not changed since your last read. Use the following code:
Protocol
Java
Delete an existing contact
To delete an existing contact, use the following code:
Batch create new contacts
To batch create new contacts, use the following code:
Protocol
Java
Batch update existing contacts
To update an existing contact, you mustinclude the person.metadata.sources.etag
field in each person for the contact to beupdated to make sure the contact has not changed since your last read. Use the following code:
Update Google Contacts From Iphone
Batch delete existing contacts
To batch delete existing contacts, use the following code: