Problems deleting gmail contacts

[mandymariee]

Okay, so I synced up my Hero with Gmail. The problem is, gmail added everyone I have ever e-mailed into my contacts. I have over 1000 contacts that I deleted in 2 sets. The second set was over 800 contacts and now my phone keeps saying "Sync: Delete limit exceeded There are 802 deleted items for contacts, account mandymariee@gmail.com. What would you like to do? Delete the items, Undo the deletes, Do nothing for now" Anytime I choose a choice, it does nothing. It just tells me the same thing over and over again within a few minutes. How do I get rid of this message? They aren't in my contacts anymore either

Device: HTC Hero (CDMA)
Carrier: Sprint

[mandymariee]

Okay, so I fixed the original problem, by deleting all the contacts I didn't need out of my gmail account... it just said "66 contacts", in the error message, which are the ones I kept.

Then I pressed undo delete and they were put back into my contacts on my phone..

Problem is .. I don't want them on my phone... I just want them in my gmail account. So how can I delete them off my phone, without deleting them in my gmail account? Is this possible?

[bradart]

you can add all your phone contacts to their own group and only have your phone sync that specific group.