Loosing my contacts

After loosing my contacts and asking datas from iCloud now I am like 2 days waiting for folder.

What should I do?

iPhone SE, iOS 12

Posted on Oct 5, 2021 6:44 AM

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1ssmith

Community Specialist

Oct 6, 2021 8:29 AM in response to tena_22

Hi tena_22,

Thanks for reaching out about restoring your contacts from iCloud. We can help answer this question. If the contacts haven't been restored yet, they most likely won't be restored at all.

Are these the steps that you tried?

If you accidentally deleted your calendars, bookmarks, or contacts from iCloud

Did you have your contacts backed up anywhere else? If so, you may be able to restore them from that location.

Take care.

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Loosing my contacts

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