Help Choosing Which Contacts to Display (S9 AT&T)

[Bruce_205]

How do I select specific groups of contacts to display on the phone, or be able to hide others? In my last phone it was under manage contacts. I do not see an option to do this. All of my contacts display.

Is this something that AT&T removed from their version? Or was it removed from the newer versions of Android?

 

[lunatic59]

I'm not sure if the Samsung stock contacts app has that feature but if you use Google's you can.

 

[Bruce_205]

I tried the Google contacts app. It does not appear to have a way of filtering contacts to display either.

 

[lunatic59]

It's buried pretty deep. You open the contacts app, then go to the three dost in the upper right (menu) and select contact settings>display>customize and you should be able to filter what you are seeing.

 

[Bruce_205]

I do not have that on my phone. I wonder if its a Samsung thing, AT&T, or was the feature removed in Android 9.0 which I was updated to?

 

[lunatic59]

Are you sure you're using the Google Contacts app? I would expect Samsung's app to be called "contacts" too. It's just a different front end to the same data.

 

[Bruce_205]

Ok, I found it in the Google Contacts app. On mine, the 3 dots in the top right gives the options Select, Select All, and Customize View - that's the one I was looking for. However..... I can customize it all I want but the phone's default contacts app is Samsung's. The "set as default" option in app settings is grey out. How else could I get Google's contact app to show in my phone dialer app?