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How to get deleted contacts back

i accidentally deleted all my contacts how do I get them back

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 14, 2022 4:22 PM

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David McKinlay

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Posted on Jul 14, 2022 5:26 PM

You can restore them from iCloud. Read the Apple support document called Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks and more using iCloud.com which says You can use iCloud.com on a computer to recover recently deleted files or restore an earlier version of information that was automatically archived in iCloud.

It has a link for contacts recovery: Restore contacts stored in iCloud on iCloud.com

On iCloud.com, go to Account Settings, then click Restore Contacts in the Advanced section.
Available versions are listed by the date and time they were archived.
To the right of the version you want to restore, click Restore.
There may be more versions than can be displayed. Scroll to see them all.
Note: Wait until iCloud finishes restoring your contacts before you change them. During the restore process, any changes you make are not saved.

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