How to erase all contacts from an Android phone? How to erase all contacts from an Android phone?
There are about 3200 contacts.

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I don't manage my contacts with Google Contacts, but with another tool that can export to the VCF format.

The first time I imported my VCF file into Google Contacts, my Android phone synced and got all contacts, perfect.

After a while, having new contacts, I exported to VCF again, and imported again to Google Calendar. All contacts got duplicated on the phone.

I removed all contacts using Google Contacts web interface in Gmail, and re-imported, but contacts get duplicated every time.

I just want to start from scratch, remove all contacts, and import from my new VCF file.
Does this work for you?
contacts -> menu -> delete -> select all -> delete

If not there are apps "Delete Contacts" in the market you could try.