Windows 10: Delete Is Greyed Out In The People App, How Do I Delete Contacts?

I don't have a Twitter, Skype, or Facebook account. So no social accounts can be linked to my email account. Yet I have junk email addresses in my People App that are from Dell, TruePeopleSearch, Microsoft, McAfee, Bing. How do I get rid of these contacts that I didn't add to my contact list. I use Windows Live Mail 2012 and Windows 10 email clients. PS: I really don't like the fact that there is no People app selection for Windows topics

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Deleting contacts from Windows 10


When you say Windows Mail Live are you referring to Mail app or Windows Live Mail?

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Open Windows Live Mail.
• Press Ctrl + 3 using your keyboard. Right-click on the contact to delete it if it is a single contact.
• Highlight all contacts by pressing Ctrl + A.
• Click Delete located on the Ribbon bar.
• Click OK when you see the message These contacts will also be deleted from Hotmail, Messenger, and other Windows Live services.

After following the steps above, all your contacts that you have manually added to your account will be deleted however, contacts coming from third-party sites such as Facebook will not be deleted unless you remove Facebook from your account.

For Mail app:

Open People app then delete the contact.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Deleted Skype Contacts Still in the People App

Hi Mateja,

From your issue description, I understand that you want to remove Skype contacts from People app. Not to worry, I am here to help you with this issue.

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to hide Skype contacts by applying filter and check if this helps.

Follow these steps:

• Open People app and click on Settings.
• Now click on Filter contact list.
• Uncheck Skype from list and click on Done.

You may also delete contacts manually.

Right click on contact name one by one and click on Delete.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

The contacts list/people app on Microsoft Lumia 550

They're there because you configured the phone to do it. facebook doesn't magically configure itself.

Deleting facebook contacts is done in facebook.

To hide contacts from the people app, you can follow the suggestions listed in the above posts.