You'll see contacts suggested in some Google services, like when you start typing someone's name in a new email in Gmail. You can control who gets saved and suggested as a contact.
Who shows up as suggestions
Suggestions are based on a variety of signals related to your contacts and interactions, such as a contact being starred or if you've emailed a contact recently. Suggested contacts include people you've added to your contacts.People you've interacted with in Google services are automatically saved to "Other contacts."
Tip: You can stop automatically saving contacts at any time.
Control who's saved as contacts
Add contacts yourself- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Contacts .
- At the bottom right, tap Add .
- Enter the person's contact info.
- Tap Save.
You can decide if contact info is saved automatically in certain Google services from people you interact with, like:
- People you've emailed in Gmail.
- People you've shared something with, like a document in Drive.
- People who are part of events, groups, or content with you, like a shared album in Google Photos.
- People you mark as known.
Start or stop saving automatically
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Open your device's Settings app and tap Google Manage your Google Account.
- At the top, tap People & sharing.
- Under "Contacts," tap Contact info saved from interactions.
- Turn Save contact info when you interact with people on or off.
- If you use Gmail, choose if Gmail saves contact info from people you email:
- On a computer, go to your Gmail settings.
- Under "Create contacts for auto-complete," choose an option.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.
Change or remove contacts
To edit or remove contacts, follow these steps.
Contacts you've added- On your Android device, open the Contacts app .
- Tap a contact.
- Change info:
- At the top right, tap Edit .
- Make the changes you want.
- At the top right, tap Save.
- Remove a contact: At the top right, tap More Delete.
- Change info:
- On your Android device, open the Contacts app .
- At the top, tap the search bar.
- Search for the contact you want to change.
- In the Other Contacts section of the search results, tap the contact you want to check.
- At the top right, tap Add to contacts Edit.
- Make the changes you want.
- At the top right, tap Save.
Tips:
- If you want to delete a contact, go to remove a contact.
- To stop the contact from getting added back, follow the steps to stop saving automatically.