Contacts are so important that it will be a disaster in case people delete or lose the phone numbers. Worse still, most iPhone users lose all contacts, instead of a single one or several, when accident happens. We always rely on contacts to make calls, send texts and therefore keep in touch with our family, relatives, friends, colleagues, clients or commercial partners. So it is quite annoying when iPhone contacts disappeared or lost due to various reasons, such as mistaken deletion, failure of iOS upgrade or iPhone jailbreak, factory settings restore, etc. Read on as we sum up 5 free and practical approaches to get contacts back on iPhone, including cases with or without backup, from iCloud.com, the best tool for iPhone contact recovery and so on. Show
Method 1: Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone without BackupContacts disappeared from iPhone but you don’t have any backup available? Don’t worry. Gihosoft Free iPhone Recovery can help you to recover lost contacts from iPhone or iPad without backup. It is a free but useful iPhone data recovery software to recover photos, text messages, contacts, WhatsApp and more data on iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Mini, iPhone 11/11 Pro, iPhone XS/XS Max/XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8/7/6s/6 Plus, iPad Pro etc. running on iOS 14/13/12. Download it and have a try! To Restore Lost/Disappeared Contacts on iPhone:
Method 2: Restore Contacts from iCloud If You Set Up iCloud SyncIf you’ve set up iCloud Sync before, there is no need to panic when contacts disappeared on your iPhone. You can easily restore contacts from iCloud. Log in to iCloud via a web browser on your computer by navigating to https://www.icloud.com. Click on Contacts icon to check if the deleted or lost iPhone contacts you need exist in your iCloud account or not. If there are, you have three options. Option 1: Synchronize iPhone with iCloud Contacts Again
Option 2: Export iCloud Contacts Onto Your Computer
Option 3: Restore iPhone Contacts in Settings on iCloud.comJust like Calendars, Reminders and Safari bookmarks, you contacts are automatically archived in iCloud. When iPhone contacts disappeared or deleted by mistake, you can restore an earlier version of your contacts.
Method 3: Restore Contacts via iPhone Messages AppThis trick that only few people know can help to recover some of the iPhone contacts – at least the ones you often keep contact with.
Method 4: Retrieve iPhone Contacts from Google ContactsIf you’ve synced your contacts to your Google account or other Cloud Services, follow these steps to restore them to your iPhone.
Method 5: Restore Contacts on iPhone from iCloud/iTunes BackupIf you have backed up your iPhone to iCloud or iTunes before losing contacts from the device, you can always restore from backup to get back the missing contacts on iPhone. Option 1: Restore Contacts from iCloud Backup
Option 2: Restore Contacts from iTunes Backup
How do I recover my iPhone contact list?Restore your contacts or bookmarks from an earlier version
Click your name at the top of the iCloud.com window, then click Account Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Under Advanced, click Restore Contacts or Restore Bookmarks. Click Restore next to the date before you deleted the content.
How do I restore my contacts?Restore contacts from backups. Open your phone's Settings app.. Tap Google.. Tap Set up & restore.. Tap Restore contacts.. If you have multiple Google Accounts, to choose which account's contacts to restore, tap From account.. Tap the phone with the contacts to copy.. |