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contact names on iphone 11

the names disappeared from my favorites, only numbers displaying. I have powered of and restarted but no change. What's the next step?



iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Feb 17, 2021 5:34 AM

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Feb 17, 2021 5:42 AM in response to Markwilson407

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


If Contacts on iCloud, try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks and more using ...


  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

Feb 17, 2021 6:37 AM in response to Markwilson407

Do you have your contacts in iCloud?

You can go to https://www.icloud.com, log in with your Apple ID, and select contacts. If they're in there, then there's a sync issue. Are you on WiFi with your iPhone - it is not crucial, but it can still be such a thing that makes it not update properly.

Feb 17, 2021 5:43 AM in response to Markwilson407

Try this.


Go to:

Settings -> Apple ID -> iCloud -> Find Contacts, if off, turn it on. If it is on, turn it off, wait 1 minute and turn it on again.

Make a reboot after that.

contact names on iphone 11

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