How to Solve ‘Contact Limit Reached’ Quota in Google Contacts

If you have reached your Google contacts storage quota while adding a new contact, Google will advise you that you have reached your contact limit by displaying a prompt. This means that you will have to remove your old or unused contacts from your account to free up some space.

Google Contacts has five limits for all accounts. These limits are:

  • Maximum of 25000 contacts
  • Total storage space of 20 MB
  • 128 KB of storage for each contact
  • Maximum of 500 fields per contact (like the full name is one field)
  • Maximum of 1024 characters in each field

Alternatively, you can learn how ContactsFlow™ (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™) can be used as a workaround on the limit in this article.

Delete Unwanted Contacts in Google Contacts

Time needed: 2 minutes

In order to delete these unwanted contacts and free up some space to add new contact in your Google account, you need to follow the steps given below:

  1. Select all the unwanted contacts that you would like to remove from your Google Contacts.

    Select all the unwanted contacts that you would like to remove from your Google Contacts.

  2. On the top bar, click on the icon having three dots and click on ‘Delete’.


    click on the icon having three dots and click on ‘Delete’.

  3. Now, go to the tab called ‘Other Contacts’, because Google also stores some contacts in here and they also take some space. 

    Select all the contacts in Other Contacts (or you can choose to keep some which are important for you) and delete them.
    Go to the tab called ‘Other Contacts’, as Google contacts in here and they also take up space.

  4. Next, go to the ‘Trash’, found on the left hand panel in your Google Contacts screen. This step is very important because Google does not permanently delete the contacts and keeps them in Trash for 30 days, unless you delete the contacts from the Trash as well. 


    go to the ‘Trash’, found on the left hand panel in your Google Contacts screen

  5. You will see all of your deleted contacts here. Select one and go to the Selection Action button appearing on the top bar and select ‘All’.

    You will see all of your deleted Google contacts here.

  6. Once selected, click on Delete Forever and select the same option in the pop-up again.


    Click on Delete Forever and select the same option in the pop-up again to permanently delete google contacts.

By following these steps, you can quickly clear out unnecessary contacts and make room for the ones that matter most. Regularly decluttering your contact list not only keeps you within Google’s limits but also ensures your database stays organized, relevant, and easier to manage in the long run.