Research reveals that when you turn on continuous contact uploading in Messenger, the app will begin uploading your contacts from your device.
How to turn on the continuous contact uploading in Messenger is what call for this article. The step-by-step guides on how to get it done are as given below.
How to turn continuous contact uploading on or off in the Messenger App
To turn continuous contact uploading on and off in the Messenger app using Android, do the following:
1. From Home, tap your profile picture in the top right corner.
2.Tap People.
3. Tap Sync Contacts to turn this setting on or off.
Note: on Messenger for Android, turning on continuous contact uploading will also turn on continuous call and SMS uploading.
To turn continuous contact uploading on and off in the Messenger app using iPhone or iPad, do the following:
1. From Home, tap your profile picture in the top left corner.
2. Tap People.
3. Tap Sync Contacts to turn this setting on or off.
To turn continuous contact uploading on and off in the Messenger app using Messenger Lite, do the following:
1. From Home, tap your profile picture in the top right corner.
2. Tap People.
3. Tap Sync phone Contacts to turn this setting on or off.
How to delete your contacts in Messenger
Here are how to delete the contacts you’ve uploaded to Facebook Messenger. There are basically two approaches to how you can delete your contacts in Facebook Messenger.
The first one is by turning off contact uploading in Messenger. According to the Facebook Help Center, when you turn off contact uploading, the contacts you’ve uploaded to Messenger will automatically be deleted.
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The second approach to deleting the contacts you’ve uploaded in Messenger is to go to the manage your uploaded contacts screen. The next step is to tap Delete All Contacts > Delete All Contacts to delete these contacts.
Note that to stop your contacts from being uploaded again, you’ll need to turn off continuous contact uploading on any devices where you’re using the Facebook Messenger app.
Also, bear in mind that turning off continuous contact uploading or call and text uploading in the Messenger app doesn’t automatically turn it off in the Facebook app.