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Deleted iPhone Contacts - PLEASE HELP

My daughter deleted all my contacts from my iphone. I went to iCloud to do a restore, but there was nothing archived. My phone is set to backup to iCloud so I am not sure why they weren't there. Please help! All my work contacts and personal were on my iPhone.

iPhone 6s

Posted on Apr 28, 2020 8:12 AM

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User profile for user: SravanKrA
SravanKrA
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Posted on Apr 28, 2020 8:14 AM

Contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other


  1. How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
  2. What is your default Contacts Account?
  3. Which email account you are using to store Contacts?


  • See the GIF below for Contacts and Default Account



  • Learn how to add an email account and make it default (Watch the GIF)
  • This example is for Gmail but the process remains same for all Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

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SravanKrA
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Apr 28, 2020 8:14 AM in response to cpaynter68

Contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in SIM. They are synced to an email account that you had Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other


  1. How many Contacts account (email client server) you have?
  2. What is your default Contacts Account?
  3. Which email account you are using to store Contacts?


  • See the GIF below for Contacts and Default Account



  • Learn how to add an email account and make it default (Watch the GIF)
  • This example is for Gmail but the process remains same for all Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo or any Other

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Deleted iPhone Contacts - PLEASE HELP

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