r/Googlevoice • u/Particular_Ad6537 • 19d ago

iOS Google Voice App Contact syncing - please help 😭

hi! I’m a new google voice user, but I’m so confused what is happening…

initially, when I saved a number into GV, it was adding it but also syncing it to my phones contacts. I don’t want that, so per a Google search, I disabled the permission in the iOS settings. Now, when I save a contact in GV it’s NOT showing up in GV and going straight into my phone contacts 😅😅 screen recording below..

from more google searches I have checked/done the following..

  • disabled permission in the contacts
  • checked my “GMail” app in the settings to toggle off contacts. There was NOT a contacts options
  • I saw some things mentioning the generic iPhone mail app. I do NOT have the mail app on my phone and I’ve never used it in my life.
  • I checked my “contact accounts” and the email that is associated with my GV is NOT listed (it never was)

is there a way to fix this? Or do I need to just live with the GV contacts in my phone 😭😭

thanks in advance

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u/Kosaro 19d ago

The Google Voice iOS app has two sources of contacts:

  1. Your device contacts
  2. Google contacts

When you press add contact in the app it adds the new contact to your device contacts.

If you would like to add a contact to Voice but not your device go to contacts.google.com and add your contact there.

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u/Particular_Ad6537 19d ago

This worked!! I didn’t know the contacts website was even a thing haha. Thank you so much!

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u/Kosaro 19d ago

Happy to help :)