[Maximb93]

I recently got the Lumia 820 loving it but there is one thing I hate and can't figure out how to solve.
(I've searched the forums but couldn't find a clear answer)
I imported my contacts throught the Import contacts from sim option
But now all my hotmail contacts are in my phonebook and I don't want them there. If I disable hotmail they are all gone.
My hotmail account is from my xbox so I don't even have the phone number of the people added on there, so you can guess it's pretty anoying trying to find who you're searching to call
(Only have option to show hotmail contacts and facebook contacts, if i disable them both i don't have any contacts in my phonebook anymore. Not even those who are on my sim)

Short said, I only want my contacts who are on my sim to be in my contact list on my phone

[paulheu]

Your Windows Phone sits under your Microsoft account just like your Xbox does. IF you do not want to see the Xbox contacts but still want to have access to the functionality you get from using the account as your primary account you will have to do some juggling to get this to work.

If you have not set up your L820 completely yet the easiest way would be to create a new account at outlook.com, then reset the phone and register it using the new account. Now when you  import your contacts they will sync to the new outlook.com account.

Now reset the phone again and switch back to the hotmail account as primary. Then add the outlook account as a second Microsoft account and allow syncing contacts (and calendars). You can now disable the contacts from the People hub for the hotmail account through PEOPLE > ... > settings > filter contacts and disable for hotmail.

This way your Xbox account will still sync with the games and achievements on the phone while your contacts are on the second account. When adding contacts select the second account for them to sync to..

If you have the phone set up you can go to outlook.com, create the new account then logout and log back in with your hotmail account and export the contacts to your PC. Open the CSV file in a texteditor and remove all the original hotmail contacts. Then log in to te new outlook.com account and import the CSV file into that to get the contacts there.

You can link the two accounts (hotmail and outlook.com account) to easy switch between them fro there.

Let us know if you have any further questions on this..

[Maximb93]

Do I HAVE to reset my entire phone ?
Or is the step "if you have the phone set up..." meant as a solution to if i already have everything configured

Also outlook is not available atm so I'll have to try it some other time

[paulheu · Accepted solution]

No, the latter option does not require you to reset the phone.

1. Go to contacts.live.com and log in with your hotmail account

2. Export the contact list to your PC  (manage>export)

3. remove the phone contacts from your hotmail account

3. Edit the downloaded .CSV by removing all contacts you do not want visible in your phone

4. Log out and create your new outlook.com account., sign in to the account on contacts.live.com

5. Import the edited contactlist (import from file)

6. create the new outlook account on the phone

7. Disable the hotmail contact list in People>...>settings>filter contacts

By doing this you maintain he hotmail account as primary, keeping bought apps, xbox achievements and all that with that account. You will use the new outlook account for your phone contacts.

[Maximb93]

It worked, thanks a lot

[paulheu]

ur welcome..