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Workaround for Outlook.com users experiencing duplicate Contacts after enabling Contact Sync in Teams App

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2023-04-28T08:48:22+00:00

If you are a Microsoft personal account user and have either Teams and Outlook apps installed (and Contact sync enabled in both) or the Phone Link installed, you might observe duplicate contacts in Outlook due to a recent issue with contact synchronization. You can use the below workaround to remove the device synced contacts and all the duplicates created by this issue. 

How to Delete Device Contacts Sub-Folder1. Go to Teams App on your mobile device (iOS or Android).1. Click on your Profile Icon Home and navigate to Settings and People. ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/afbf6db3-0eb0-4476-af64-0923ac9dbbc2?platform=QnA"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fixes-or-workarounds-for-recent-issues-on-outlook-com-8c95d913-d96b-4065-9171-e1fa44b03ff5" rel="ugc nofollow">Fixes or workarounds for recent issues on Outlook.com - Microsoft Support > Duplicate contacts in Outlook.com [WORKAROUND]

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T09:28:28+00:00

    Hello, I have no access to my Hotmail account on my Mac since yesterday morning, please provide help rapidly. Thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T15:01:19+00:00

    A cordial greeting.

    The steps mentioned for the elimination of duplicate contacts were carried out and the problem still persists.
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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-15T13:18:52+00:00

    I have read and tried all the suggestions proffered. I still can not access my email (Hotmail) on my PC. I need help very urgently

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-16T16:51:41+00:00

    I cannot type in an address to send an email. Please post a solution to this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-16T17:27:52+00:00

    Hola, tengo prbolemas con mi correo electrónico, no puedo enviar o recibir mensajes desde el pasado 29 de abril, agradezco un post que me ayude como solucionar éste inconveniente.

    Gracias

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