Although I have used a Gmail account for my contacts in the past, I have now decided to use only my iCloud Contacts. Until I feel comfortable that there are no syncing issues or other glitches, I would like to simply hide my Gmail list in Contacts. On my Macs, I simply went to System Settings>Internet Accounts>Gmail & disabled my Gmail contact list without deleting it. How can I do the same thing on my iPhone? Thank you so much.
How To Hide Gmail Contact List
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How To Hide Gmail Contact List
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What you would want to do here is go to Settings > Mail > Accounts > Gmail
Then look for the slider next to contacts, and make sure it is off.
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Do you have one of the other sliders on?
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Oh I see. I know what you mean now. If you turn off the contacts slider, it will delete any contacts that are on your phone stored in your Gmail account. If you turn it back on it will ask you if you want to merge those Gmail contacts back onto your iPhone.
After a quick search, it appears that if I delete my Gmail contacts from my iPhone, those contacts will only remain in my Google account for 30 days (after which they will be permanently deleted). Does that seem correct?
