Several of my iPhone contacts have disappeared

I've had about 7 or 8 of my contacts disappear. In the messages history, their names are replaced by phone numbers. I had to click on "info" and "Create new contact" to get it back. How did this happen. I know I did not delete them from my contact list. How can I fix - seems like a bug to me.


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iPhone XR, iOS 16

Posted on May 1, 2023 5:22 PM

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Posted on May 1, 2023 5:50 PM

Contacts sync to email accounts. If you recently deleted or changed the password of an email account the contacts that synced from it will disappear. You would have to log in to that email account to recover the lost contacts. If all of your contacts were synced to an iCloud email account see→iCloud: Restore contacts, calendars, and more in iCloud Settings for options to restore them.

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