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
- People you've added to your contacts.
- People you've interacted with in Google services are automatically saved to "Other contacts." You can stop automatically saving contacts at any time.
Control who's saved as contacts
Add contacts yourself
- Sign in to Google Contacts. You'll see a list of contacts you've added.
- At the top left, select
Create contact.
- Enter the person's contact info.
- Select Save.
Save contact info when you interact with people
When you interact with people on Google products, you can automatically save their contact info which includes:
- Names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
When this setting is turned on, you'll keep the contact info for:
- People you've shared something with, like a document in Drive.
- People who share content with you, like shared albums in Google Photos.
- People included in events or groups you're in.
- People you mark as known.
Start or stop saving automatically
- Go to your Google Account.
- On the left navigation panel, click People & sharing.
- On the "Contacts" panel, click 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 stop people from showing up as suggestions, follow the steps below to remove them.
Contacts you've added
- Sign in to Google Contacts.
- Click or tap a contact.
- From here you can:
- Change info: On the top right, select Edit
. Make the changes you want. At the bottom, select Save.
- Remove a contact: On the top right, select More
Delete.
- Change info: On the top right, select Edit
. Make the changes you want. At the bottom, select Save.
Delete.Contacts saved automatically
- Sign in to Google Contacts.
- On the left, select Other contacts.
- Click or tap a contact.
- From here you can:
- Change info: On the top right, select Add to contacts
. Make the changes you want. At the bottom, select Save.
- Remove a contact: On the top right, select More
- Change info: On the top right, select Add to contacts