Deleting more then one name in contact list

I imported my contacts into my Windows Essentials contact list.  Now I have many double and triple names.  Is there a way to delete more then one at a time?

I know I can right click and delete one but then it goes back to the top and I have to scroll down again.  I would like to be able to delete several.  It doesn't work to hold the shift key down either.

I hope some one can help.

Thanks