You don't have to manually manage your address book on your iPhone. Here's an automated Mac trick to deal with those annoying iCloud duplicate contacts.

Here's how to get rid of duplicate contacts by merging them in iCloud.

It's relatively easy to keep your iPhone contacts in check, including merging duplicates. Learn how in our guide.

You can delete contacts from iCloud by unsyncing your devices from the cloud, and manually deleting several or all contacts on the iCloud website.

Learn how to remove duplicate contacts on iPhone one at a time or in bulk for free, right from your iPhone.

In other words, you could skip step four and press Delete after you've selected contacts. After you're done, iCloud should sync with your iPhone or iPad address book to make the same deletions.

Duplicate contacts can be a frustrating nuisance on your iPhone. These redundant entries not only overcrowd your address book, leading to unnecessary clutter, but they also complicate the process ...

Here's how to merge contacts on iPhone and delete duplicates, as well as how to delete a contact.