When is it safe to delete Contacts from "on my Mac"?

Earlier today, I discovered that I had a lot of contacts (more than 100) that have been "on my Mac", rather than in the cloud. I have no idea why these contacts have been added on my Mac, rather than directly to the cloud. I tried to add a new contact, and it has been added to iCloud and on my Mac.

I believe that all new contacts have been added to Apple Mail. I guess I got on my Mac, selected in the Contacts. I have now selected iCloud and it seems to work as I want it.

I think delete all my contacts on my Mac so that if someone gets added here by mistake, they will stand out.

I have my saved contacts. Is there a risk to the removal of all contacts on my Mac?

If you have a back up and you are sure you have a back up then a massive deletion is no problem, but you should spend 15 minutes through the contacts on my Mac one and really confirm you are remove the useless and be the guardians of the past to iCloud.

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