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Delete contacts in Proton Mail 🔒

Manage Proton Mail contacts (encrypted) and tidy what syncs to your iPhone if you've enabled the Proton Mail Bridge or iOS contact sync.

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Why Proton Mail contact deletion is awkward

Proton Mail keeps its own encrypted contacts list, separate from standard CardDAV servers. Proton offers iOS contact sync via their Bridge (paid) or direct CardDAV. Once synced, Proton contacts also live in iOS Contacts — and benefit from the same iPhone-side cleanup tools.

Step-by-step

  1. 1

    Clean inside Proton Mail

    mail.proton.me → Contacts → select contacts → Delete. Proton encrypts the contact list, so deletions happen client-side.

  2. 2

    Verify iPhone sync state

    iPhone Settings → Contacts → Accounts → [Proton via CardDAV or Bridge] → Contacts. Confirm sync is on if you want changes to propagate.

  3. 3

    Use Delete Contacts on iPhone

    Delete Contacts works the same regardless of provider. Cross-account duplicates (Proton + iCloud) are common after migration; the scanner catches them on-device.

How Delete Contacts helps

Proton users care about privacy by definition. Delete Contacts fits that worldview: on-device only, no contact data ever uploaded, verifiable in iOS Privacy Report. Same architecture philosophy as Proton itself.

FAQ

Proton Mail contacts — FAQ

Does Proton Mail sync contacts to iPhone?
Yes, via two paths: (1) Proton Mail Bridge for paid plans, which exposes CardDAV; (2) directly via Proton's CardDAV endpoint (Settings → Contacts → Accounts → Add Account → Other → Add CardDAV Account). Either route lands Proton contacts in iOS Contacts.
Is the contact list end-to-end encrypted?
Yes inside Proton — the contacts you store in Proton Mail are encrypted at rest. Once they sync to iPhone, they're stored under iOS's standard contact-protection model. Delete Contacts processes them locally on the iPhone, never uploading anywhere.

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Download on the App Store Requires iOS 17 • 13.5 MB download
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