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 **(84) What are local contacts for?**
 
+Local contact information is based on names and addresses found in incoming and outgoing messages.
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 The main use of the local contacts storage is to offer auto completion when no contacts permission has been granted to FairEmail.
 
 Another use is to generate [shortcuts](#user-content-faq31) on recent Android versions to quickly send a message to frequently contacted people.