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I lost all my contacts

How do I recover contacts . I had them today and now I don’t

iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 8:04 AM

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Posted on Feb 7, 2022 8:08 AM

Have you recently deleted or lost connection to an email account? Contacts are associated with email accounts, and the email server is the master copy of contacts.


If they were specifically iCloud contacts here is a help article→Use iCloud.com to restore and recover iCloud information - Apple Support


If they were Google contacts→https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/2753077?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS


If they were from any other contact source→Manage and delete contacts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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Feb 7, 2022 8:08 AM in response to Jeepgirl2016_

Have you recently deleted or lost connection to an email account? Contacts are associated with email accounts, and the email server is the master copy of contacts.


If they were specifically iCloud contacts here is a help article→Use iCloud.com to restore and recover iCloud information - Apple Support


If they were Google contacts→https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/2753077?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS


If they were from any other contact source→Manage and delete contacts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

I lost all my contacts

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