Slimming down seldom used contacts on iPhone

[3wood]

I have a hundred or more contacts on my iPhone/iCloud file that I very seldom call. Is there a way to thin out those contacts but keep them somewhere else and still have access to them if they are needed later?

Many Thanks.

 

[Dave Braine]

Do you have a Mac that you sync your iPhone to? If your contacts are in the Mac's Contacts app, you can export them from their as an archive.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Create another account somewhere (Google etc) and move them to that. You can switch it on or off as you please.

 

[3wood]

Dave & Brian thank you for your replies. I will make use of your suggestions.
Reed.

 

[Weaselboy]

I have a hundred or more contacts on my iPhone/iCloud file that I very seldom call. Is there a way to thin out those contacts but keep them somewhere else and still have access to them if they are needed later?

Many Thanks.

You can make a new contact group called Archive or whatever, then move all those into that group. Then put everything else in another group called Current. Then on your iPhone go into Contacts and tap Groups up top and only check mark Current and uncheck everything else. Then only the Current contacts will be shown on your iPhone.

 

[3wood]

You can make a new contact group called Archive or whatever, then move all those into that group. Then put everything else in another group called Current. Then on your iPhone go into Contacts and tap Groups up top and only check mark Current and uncheck everything else. Then only the Current contacts will be shown on your iPhone.

Excellent! Thank you.