Android: Show hidden contacts

You can easily display hidden contacts again on the Android smartphone in the Contacts app. We reveal how it works.

Show hidden contacts on the Android smartphone

So that your phone book is not flooded with all contact entries from various social networks, the contacts app often filters independently depending on the accounts. However, you can make all entries visible in the settings.

• Call up the settings in the contacts app on your smartphone (menu button).
• Depending on the manufacturer, you will ideally find a menu item "Contacts for display", "Contacts in user-defined view" or "Contacts to be displayed". Select the appropriate item.
• Set the setting to "All contacts" here.
• Your Android phone book then fills with WhatsApp, ChatON, Skype and many other contacts.

This practical tip shows you how to synchronize your contacts from different sources with your Android smartphone.