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How To Retrieve Deleted Contacts on iPhone

What to Know 

  • You can restore deleted contacts from a recent iCloud backup or from a recent Mac backup via Finder.
  • If your deleted contacts were saved in Gmail, you can also restore them in the Settings app on your iPhone. 
  • Avoid using third-party apps to restore deleted contacts, as this can pose a security risk to your personal information.

Have your iPhone contacts disappeared or been deleted? This can be frustrating! Unfortunately, there is no built-in iPhone function allowing you to retrieve deleted contacts (like recovering recently deleted photos from the trash can). The good news is that if you'd like to recover deleted contacts, you can retrieve them from an iCloud backup, from a Mac backup, or from a Gmail account. We'll walk through how to recover contacts on your iPhone, even without access to a computer. 

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