By akademiotoelektronik, 20/11/2022

How to activate and deactivate the import of your telephone contacts on Messenger?

Marion Lhostis May 24, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

Easily find your friends on Messenger thanks to the import of contacts.Facebook messaging will come and draw in the directory of your smartphone to offer you relevant suggestions.

By important your contacts, you deliver their phone number in Messenger.To protect their data, use this functionality only if you have difficulty finding it.In the same way, it is better to deactivate synchronization once you no longer need it, then to delete the registration of contacts.We show you all this in this tutorial.

Activate the import of your telephone contacts on Messenger

1.Open your Messenger application on your mobile, then press your profile image located at the top left of the screen.

Comment activer et désactiver l'importation de ses contacts téléphoniques sur Messenger ?

2.Once on your personal page, scroll to the "preferences" menu and choose "phone contacts".

3.Press "Import contacts".The "no" that we see below testifies that your contacts are not synchronized at the moment.

4.Messenger explains the principle of importation.To continue, touch the "Activate" button.

You are there!Your contacts are now synchronized.As long as we are there, we show you how to deactivate the import and erase the numbers delivered to Messenger.

Deactivate the import of your telephone contacts on Messenger

1.After selecting your profile image, go to the "phone contacts" shutter again.Press it too on "Import contacts".

2.This time, press "Disable".

3.Importation is disabled.Contacts downloaded by Messenger nevertheless recorded.To delete them, press "Manage contacts".

4.At the bottom of the screen is the list of all contacts in your directory.Select the "Delete contacts" button located at the top of this list.

That's done !Discover even more tips for taking charge of your account and its different parameters in our tutorial series.

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