How to Recover Lost/Deleted Contacts on iPhone in 30 Seconds

Posted by Boey Wong / Jan 06, 2021 09:00

If your contact list is either lost or deleted, turning on airplane mode is a good first step to take. You could have the opportunity to see if your contacts are still available online before your device has a chance to sync.

But if you are not that lucky, here is a tutorial that will guide you through the process of recovering lost iPhone contacts.

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Step 1Download and install iPhone Contacts Recovery on your computer

FoneLab for iOS

With FoneLab for iOS, you will recover the lost/deleted iPhone data including photos, contacts, videos, files, WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, WeChat and more data from your iCloud or iTunes backup or device.

• Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
• Preview data before recovery.
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available.

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Step 2Connect your iPhone to PC/Mac

First connect your iPhone to your computer. FoneLab for iOS offers more than one recovery modes for you to retrieve lost contacts from iPhone: Recover from iOS device directly and Recover from iTunes backup file.

Step 3Scan your iPhone

Click Start Scan. All the data in your iPhone will be scanned out and listed in the right panel.

Step 4Recover lost/deleted iPhone contacts

Select Contacts in the left panel and your contacts list will be displayed in the right panel. You can choose one item to see the detailed information. The lost/deleted contacts will be displayed in red. You can turn on toggle switch to only display the deleted item(s). Check the lost/deleted items you want to recover, select CSV, HTML or VCF format you want to save your contacts list as, and then click "Recover" button to start the process.

If you are wondering how to access iCloud backup, the software allows you to view and extract data from iCloud backup without restoring.

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FoneLab for iOS

With FoneLab for iOS, you will recover the lost/deleted iPhone data including photos, contacts, videos, files, WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, WeChat and more data from your iCloud or iTunes backup or device.

• Recover photos, videos, contacts, WhatsApp, and more data with ease.
• Preview data before recovery.
• iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available.

Free Download Free Download Learn more