How to Clean Up All Contacts on Xiaomi: The Complete Guide

Managing a phone book on Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO devices is often a challenge when thousands of records have accumulated. Users are faced with the need to quickly clean the database when selling a gadget, switching to a new phone, or simply to bring order to the digital chaos. Standard methods of removing one number in such cases are completely ineffective and waste valuable time.

There are several proven ways to completely remove contacts, each with its own characteristics and applications: synchronizing with cloud services, manually allocating groups or using advanced tools like ADB can solve the problem in minutes.

In this guide, we will break down all available cleaning methods, from simple actions to the interface. MIUI before radical reset measures, you will learn how to safely delete data from the SIM-Google Maps, Google Account and Local Phone Storage: Deleting contacts from your Google account syncs to all connected devices, so proceed carefully.

Preparation and backup of data

Before starting a mass deletion, you need to protect yourself from the accidental loss of important numbers. Often users forget that their contacts can be scattered through different sources: local memory, SIM-A map, Google account, or Mi Cloud, where incomplete source verification can leave part of the database intact and another part permanently deleted.

The most reliable way to save information is to export to a.vcf file. This universal format is supported by all modern smartphones and services. You can save a backup to internal memory or send it to yourself immediately by email. To do this, open the Contacts app, go to the settings and select Import / Export Contacts.

If you plan to sell the device, simply deleting numbers is not enough. Attackers can restore deleted data with special utilities if the memory has not been overwritten. Therefore, after cleaning and before transferring the phone to the new owner, it is recommended to fill the memory with unnecessary files (for example, download heavy videos), and then delete them again.

⚠️ Attention: Deleting contacts from Google’s acc will instantly affect all devices that log in to this profile. Check which gadgets are synced with your email before starting the cleanup process.

Removing contacts through a standard application

The MIUI and HyperOS shell interfaces provide built-in tools for group recording management, the simplest method that doesn't require additional software, but it has a limit on the number of numbers allocated simultaneously, which can slow down the process with several thousand records.

To start, open the standard Contacts or Phone app and go to the tab with the list of numbers. Press and hold your finger on any record to activate the selection mode. In the menu that appears, select the "Select All" option or manually select the desired groups. After that, click on the basket icon or the "Delete" button.

• 📱 Open the Contacts app on the home screen.
• 👆 Press and hold any contact to enter edit mode.
• ✅ Select “All” from the top menu or manually mark groups.
• 🗑️ Press the removal button and confirm the action.

Some firmware versions have a Repetitive Contact Clear feature that allows you to automatically find and merge duplicates and then remove the extra ones, a useful tool for pre-optimizing the base before you completely reset, and can be found in the application settings menu, often hidden in the Contact Organization subsection.

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Use contact search to quickly find and remove groups with a specific city code or company name if you only need to clear part of the database.

Clearing Contacts Through Google Web Interface

If your numbers are synced to your Google account, the most effective way to clean them is to use the web version of the service, which allows you to manage thousands of records from a computer, which is much more convenient than pointing your finger at the screen of a smartphone. Google Contacts has powerful filters and mass editing functions.

Go to contacts.google.com and log in to the same account you have on your phone. In the left panel, you'll see a list of all categories. To delete everything, click on the selection icon (square) at the top of the list to the left of the search, and you'll see "Selected 1 from N," click on it to select "All N contacts."

Importantly, Google stores remote contacts in the shopping cart for 30 days, and if you accidentally delete the wrong one, you can restore data through the Recycle Bin menu or the Undo Changes feature in the web interface settings, which gives an additional layer of security for bulk operations.

Working with contacts on SIM-map

Numbers saved directly on SIM-maps are not always displayed in the general list of Google and require a separate approach. On modern Xiaomi smartphones, they are managed through system settings, since the capacity is not limited to the map. SIM-The cards are limited and the functionality is minimal.

To gain access to management SIM, Go to Settings. → Annexes → Settings → Import and export contacts. Here you will see options for copying from SIM-card to phone or vice versa. To completely delete, select the option "Delete contacts from the phone" SIM-The system will warn you of irreversibility of the action.

Users often confuse the display of contacts from SIM and phone memory. In the Contacts app, you can configure the display filter. Click on three dots or the filter icon in the corner of the screen and select SIM only, which will allow you to see and delete exactly the records that are stored on the operator's chip without affecting the cloud base.

⚠️ Attention: SIM-cards have limited memory and often crop long names. Before deleting, make sure important numbers are not written on a SIM only, as they are harder to recover than from the cloud.

Using Mi Cloud to Manage the Base

Xiaomi’s ecosystem offers its own cloud service, Mi Cloud, which can duplicate or independently store your contacts. If you actively use the company’s services, checking this source is mandatory before selling the device or resetting.

Go to your phone's settings, select "Mi Account" and go to "Cloud." Go to "Contacts." Here you can see sync status. If the switch is active, deleting contacts on your phone will automatically remove them from the cloud. To clean them completely through the web interface, go to i.mi.com.

On the site, log in and select Contacts. The interface is similar to Google: highlight all records and click Delete. This is guaranteed to clear the backup attached to your Mi ID. After that, when you re-authenticate on the new phone, the old numbers will not fit.

Radical Methods: Reset and ADB Teams

If standard methods don't work or the interface freezes because of the huge number of records, you can use deeper system tools, and clean the Contacts app data through the system settings will return the base to factory state by deleting all local records.

To do this, go to Settings → Apps → All Apps → Contacts → Memory. Click on “Clean” and select “Clean All.” This action will delete all locally stored numbers, but will not affect synced numbers with Google or SIM unless they have been downloaded to the phone’s memory completely.

For advanced users, the method is available through ADB (Android Debug Bridge), and by connecting the phone to a computer with USB debugging enabled, you can execute a command that will forcibly clear the contact database, which requires caution and an installed set of platform tools on the PC.

adb shell pm clear com.android.contacts

This command completely cleans the contact app data, including the cache and database, only use it if you are sure you don't need a backup or have already created it, and after you execute the command, the phone may need to restart to apply the changes.

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The ADB team only cleans the application's local database, and if synchronization is active, the next time you connect to the network, the contacts can be downloaded back from the cloud.

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