There are more contacts in my iPhone than my iCloud?

So my iPhone has only one list which is iCloud. It's also synced only with iCloud. I don't have any other account synced or linked with the contacts app.

My iPhone shows I have 207 contacts. But when I log in to my iCloud account via browser it shows have only 178 contacts? Why is that?

How can I get all 207 to show up on my iCloud?

Thanks

Posted on Aug 24, 2025 8:57 PM

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Aug 24, 2025 9:07 PM in response to aaronjohnaj

Never mind. It fixed itself. My iCloud shows 207 contacts now. Might have been a glitch. I couldn't figure out how to delete my post so replying to let everyone know my question has been resolved. Thanks.

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