Welcome to AppGeeker and today you'll learn how to recover deleted contacts from iPhone.
It doesn't matter how contacts were deleted or lost,
Accidentally tap Delete Contact, iPhone update deletes all your contacts including
your clients Lost contacts along with the name, phone number,
email, in Contacts or Phone app and they're deleted from iCloud, too.
To get them back, you can recover contacts on iPhone via a tool without backup, or restore
them from iCloud or iTunes backup.
The first contact recovery solution is to restore deleted iPhone contacts from iCloud.
If you've enabled Contacts in iCloud or turned on iCloud backup before you deleted a contact
from the device, it's easy to restore it.
In a computer or tablet, go to iCloud.com in any browser and sign in with your Apple
ID. Enter the verification code.
Hit Account Settings. Locate Advanced title and select Restore Contacts.
To get deleted contacts back to iPhone, select an archive.
Be sure to select the backup that's created before the contacts were deleted or lost.
Click Restore. It'll inform you that the archive of contacts you need to restore from
will replace the current contacts in all your devices that are associated with the same
Apple ID. And in the meanwhile, your current contacts
will be automatically archived on iCloud so that you can get them back later if needed.
Okay now, just press the Restore option to confirm to restore your contacts.
Wait for a while, and go to Contacts app in your iPhone
and your lost or deleted contacts should be back now,
along with the pictures, name, phone number, email, address, and more.
What if you don't have a backup or you don't want to
overwrite the existing contacts in your iPhone when recovering the lost contacts?
You may need to take a look at a dedicated iPhone deleted contacts recovery tool named
iOS Data Recovery.
Not only can it recover deleted or lost contacts and other files without using any backup,
it can also extract the iCloud or iTunes backup and enables you to select only needed files
to restore.
Now, go to appgeeker.com. Click Products in the top menu bar.
Under For Windows title, find and click iOS Data Recovery.
If you use a Mac, select iOS Data Recovery for Mac
Here, hit the download button. Then, install and open the software.
Plug your iPhone into the computer with a lightning cable.
Once connected, hit the Start Scan button. It might take a few minutes to scan the device.
Then, hit Contacts and all your contacts including the deleted or lost ones should be displayed
there. Click any contact to preview its detailed
information like name, company, phone number and email.
Now, you can check the box next to Contacts to select all of them or uncheck it to choose
a few of them to recover. To retrieve the deleted contacts you've selected,
click the Restore to Device button. It'll take a few seconds to get the contacts
back to your device.
To use the tool to recover contacts from iCloud, choose Recover from iCloud.
Log in with your Apple ID and password, then enter the verification code.
Now, untick the Select all box, check the Contacts and press the Start button.
Preview and select the contacts and click Restore to Device button.
If you have an iTunes backup, connect your iPhone to the computer and run iTunes or Finder.
Locate and click your iPhone. Under Backups part, click Restore Backup
Choose the backup that's made earlier than when you accidentally deleted the contacts.
Click Restore button. Note that this will bring your iPhone to its
factory settings, and not only all your contacts, other data covered in the iTunes backup will
be also restored.
If you wish to restore contacts only from iTunes backup, iOS Data Recovery can help
you. Make sure to download and run the tool on
the computer that stores your iTunes backup. Then, choose Recover from iTunes Backup File.
Select the backup that contains the deleted contacts and hit Start button.
Same here, click Contacts, find the deleted contacts, select them and click Restore to
Device.
That's all for how to recover lost contacts from your iPhone.
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