Edit or delete contacts

1. Go to Google Contacts.
2. Point to a contact's name.
3. On the right, click Edit .
4. Edit the information.
5. Click Save.

Tip: You can't change details that automatically come from:

• Your contact's Google profile
• Your contact’s work, school, or organization
• Google Maps, if your contact is a business

1. Go to Google Contacts.
2. Select one of the following: 
   • A single contact: Check the box next to the contact name.
   • Multiple contacts: Check the boxes next to all the contacts you want to delete.
   • All contacts: Check the box next to any contact. At the top left, click the Down arrow    All.
3. At the top right, click More Delete Move to trash.
   • Your contacts are moved to Trash, where they'll stay for 30 days before they’re deleted permanently

Tip: To delete a contact permanently, go to "Trash," select the contact, then click Delete forever.

If you deleted a contact in the last 30 days, you can move it out of your Trash.

Tip: Contacts deleted from your “Other contacts” won’t show in Trash. You can recover them if you undo all the changes within the past 30 days. Learn how to undo changes to your contacts in bulk.

1. Go to Google Contacts.
2. At the left, scroll down.
3. Click Trash.
4. Select an option.
   • A single contact: Check the box next to the contact name.
   • Multiple contacts: Check the boxes next to all the contacts you want to recover.
   • All contacts: Check the box next to any contact. At the top left, click Selection Actions All.
5. At the top right, click Recover.

If you add or edit a contact, the update history remains available on the contact.

1. On your computer, go to Google Contacts.
2. Select the contact.

At the bottom right, the contact’s history appears under “History.”

Tip: Older contacts may not have a record of their additions or edits.