How to Permanently Wipe Contacts on Android Phone

Summary: Want to remove the contacts from Android phone with no chance to be restored before selling it or giving away in case that the privacy information of your friends, relatives, or customers may be leaking out? Here we will recommend you a good software Android Data Eraser.

Want to sell out your old Android phone to get a new one? Are you looking for the best way to remove all of the contact data on your Android device? Well, never regard it as an easy task which is just a matter of deleting contacts within the mobile device itself, since these deleted files can be easily recovered with a powerful data recovery tool. Then you may need to erase all personal files like contacts from your device in case of privacy leak, what can you do?

The following are two solutions for you to wipe Android contacts data, they both are very easy to control. No matter what kind of Android phone models, such as Samsung Galaxy, HTC, ZTE, LG, Moto, Sony, HUAWEI, you are able to remove all contacts on Android phone. Now read on and have a try.

• Solution 1: Clear Contacts in Your Android Device
• Solution 2: Wipe Android Contacts with Phone Transfer

Solution 1: Clear Contacts in Your Android Device

1. Select “Settings” in the main interface.

2. Click “Applications Manager”> Find “Contacts Storage”.

3. Clear all the Android contacts by clicking “Clear data”.

Note: If you want, you can also clear or erase web or browser history on your Android to get more storage space with similar steps.

However, more and more users realize the importance of the personal information like phone numbers or email addresses which may cause a lot of trouble like be bothered by the sales calls if they are leaked. The erased contacts can be restored by some data recovery software so it is useless to delete the contacts or other personal information on your Android phone with the normal way. In conclusion, the second method is strongly recommended for you.

Solution 2: Wipe Android Contacts with Phone Transfer

Android Data Eraser and Mobile Transfer,both are proficient in wiping out all files like contacts, messages, music, photos, videos, apps and many more from your Android phones. This software is able to permanently delete any files on your Android phones with zero possibility of being recovered. By the way, the program works well in all brands of Android phones like Samsung, Motorola, HTC, ZTE, Sony, Lenovo, Huawei, Oppo and so on.

Step 1. Open the Program on Your Computer

First of all, open the installed software on your computer. Then you need to choose the right erasing mode – “Erase Your Old Phone” to continue the process.

Step 2. Connect Your Android Phone to Computer

Please plug into your Android phone to the computer via USB cable. Once your Android device is well connected to the computer. Then, you need to select the erasing level and then tick out the files you want to erase from Android phones.

Step 3. Start to Erase Contacts on Android Phone

After you selecting the right erasing option, then click the ‘Erase Now’ button to begin the erasing process. This will take a few minutes to accomplish. Please be patient.

That’s all, you can easily clear all Android data that you want by operating the simple steps. By the way, this program also allows you to transfer Android data such as contacts, videos, photos, SMS to other phone no matter you use iPhone, Android or Nokia Symbian. Read the use guide on How to Transfer Data from Android to iPhone 7.

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