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
- 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 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
Start or stop saving automatically
-
On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app
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 stop people from showing up as suggestions, follow the steps below to remove them.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Contacts
.
- Tap a contact.
- From here you can:
- Change info: At the bottom right, tap Edit
. Make the changes you want. At the top, select Save.
- Remove a contact: At the top right, tap More
Delete.
- Change info: At the bottom right, tap Edit
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Contacts
.
- At the top left, tap Menu
Suggestions.
- Tap Add people you contact often.
- From here you can:
- Change info: Tap Add to contacts. Make the changes you want. Tap Save.
- Remove a contact: Tap Dismiss. To stop them from getting added back, follow the steps to stop saving automatically.