Android contacts help request

Emp_Fab

I know it doesn't take much these days, but I'm utterly bewilderfuddled as to wtf is going on with my new phone and the contacts list.

In brief, my new work phone is a Moto G running Android 6.0 (Marshmallow I believe it's called).

I have two accounts on it - a Google account (linked to my personal google account) and an Outlook account (linked to my work's Office365 system).

When I go to phone someone, the only names in the list are those that are in my Outlook 'Contacts' list on my laptop - including everyone that only has an email address but no phone number (!).  When I open the 'Contacts' app in Android, I get the same - at the moment - I've only got it this stable by turning off the contacts sync for everything after I'd deleted loads of crap.

At one point, I was getting all sorts of crap in there, people I'd emailed years ago etc.  I just want a list of phone numbers, stored on the phone, that isn't going to change, isn't going to sync, isn't going to turn into a list of anybody and everybody I've ever phoned or emailed.

Can someone tell me how it all links together ?  (not that I want it to, but it would be nice to understand what the hell has been going on !).

Failing that, I'll be happy with just a static list of phone numbers !

Help me oh wondrous folk of fretboardland.

speshul91

When you are in contacts press the 3 dots at the top right. Select contact display or whatever it's called. There is an option to display just phone numbers.

Emp_Fab

Nope.  In contacts, I press the 3 dots, select 'Contacts to display' and I can only choose from 'Outlook', 'Google' or 'Customise' (which just gives me sub-sections of the first two).  Nothing there about just phone numbers. :-(

speshul91

There's one in mine that says SIM. If not I'm stumped.

Emp_Fab

Are you on Marshmallow ?

speshul91

Yeah just got the update.