Method of a communication device for controlling display of call history

A method of displaying communication history information on a display of a communication device, the method comprising:

• storing one or more contacts an associated communication history in a memory, wherein each of the one or more contacts comprises a contact identifier, and wherein the communication history comprises a plurality of entries representing one or more of past outgoing communications and received communications associated with the one or more contacts;
• receiving an operation to delete one of the one or more contacts from the memory;
• and,
• based on the operation to delete the one contact,
• deleting the one contact from the memory, and,
• when subsequently displaying information from the communication history on the display, hiding information for any of the plurality of entries in the communication history that are associated with the contact identifier for the deleted one contact,
• wherein the hiding information for any of the plurality of entries in the communication history that are associated with the contact identifier for the deleted one contact comprises deleting any of the plurality of entries, from the communication history information in the memory, that are associated with the contact identifier for the deleted one contact, and storing the deleted entries in an auxiliary communication history table that is separate from the communication history stored in the memory.