diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/ContactsHelper.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/ContactsHelper.kt
index d533380f..a70ab7aa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/ContactsHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/ContactsHelper.kt
@@ -639,14 +639,23 @@ class ContactsHelper(val activity: BaseSimpleActivity) {
         }
     }
 
-    fun deleteContact(contact: Contact) = deleteContacts(arrayListOf(contact))
+    fun deleteContact(contact: Contact) {
+        if (contact.source == SMT_PRIVATE) {
+            activity.dbHelper.deleteContact(contact.id)
+        } else {
+            deleteContacts(arrayListOf(contact))
+        }
+    }
 
     fun deleteContacts(contacts: ArrayList<Contact>) {
+        val localContacts = contacts.filter { it.source == SMT_PRIVATE }.map { it.id.toString() }.toTypedArray()
+        activity.dbHelper.deleteContacts(localContacts)
+
         try {
             val contactIDs = HashSet<String>()
             val operations = ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>()
             val selection = "${ContactsContract.Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID} = ?"
-            contacts.forEach {
+            contacts.filter { it.source != SMT_PRIVATE }.forEach {
                 ContentProviderOperation.newDelete(ContactsContract.Data.CONTENT_URI).apply {
                     val selectionArgs = arrayOf(it.id.toString())
                     withSelection(selection, selectionArgs)
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
index 9343a4e0..59a8148b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/contacts/helpers/DBHelper.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.content.ContentValues
 import android.content.Context
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase
 import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper
+import android.text.TextUtils
 import com.google.gson.Gson
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.getIntValue
@@ -68,6 +69,14 @@ class DBHelper private constructor(val context: Context) : SQLiteOpenHelper(cont
         return mDb.update(CONTACTS_TABLE_NAME, contactValues, selection, selectionArgs) == 1
     }
 
+    fun deleteContact(id: Int) = deleteContacts(arrayOf(id.toString()))
+
+    fun deleteContacts(ids: Array<String>) {
+        val args = TextUtils.join(", ", ids)
+        val selection = "$CONTACTS_TABLE_NAME.$COL_ID IN ($args)"
+        mDb.delete(CONTACTS_TABLE_NAME, selection, null)
+    }
+
     private fun fillContactValues(contact: Contact): ContentValues {
         return ContentValues().apply {
             put(COL_FIRST_NAME, contact.firstName)