How to Recover Deleted Contacts from iPhone without Backup

By Selena KomezUpdated on February 18, 2020


[Summary]: Lost your important contacts on iPhone without backup? How to recover deleted contacts from iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6S/6 without backup(iCloud or iTunes)? Use iPhone Contacts Recovery software to restore iPhone contacts directly.

All my iPhone contacts disappeared…I logged out iCloud and signed in again and then slid the syncing on, but I find all contacts were loss.How can I recover lost contacts from iPhone without backup?

I recently updated my iPhone X to iOS 13 and I found all the saved contacts on my device were lost. Is this possible to restore lost contacts on iPhone? Can someone help me understand how to recover lost contacts on iPhone X?

Also read:

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone

How to Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages on iPhone

Contacts are so important in your daily life, when you have got an new iPhone, the first thing you need to do is adding as many phone numbers as needed to the Contacts app, or transfer contacts from old phone to iPhone, so that you can use the saved phone number to make a phone call, text your friends, send an email, etc.  But if you lost contacts on iPhone, how to recover lost contacts on iPhone?

Sometimes, contacts losing due to iOS systems upgrade, synchronization error or accident deletion. When you found the contacts are lost, but you haven’t create iPhone backup before the contacts are gone. However, is there any way to recover contacts from the iPhone itself? Don’t worry, you still have chance to recover lost contacts on iPhone ever you haven’t created iPhone backup with iTunes or iCloud before.

Tips: When you found contacts lost on your iPhone, you need to stop using the device immediately and don’t add new phone numbers to the Contact app. Doing so will increase the odds that the lost contacts are actually overwritten by new data you added. Please use a professional iPhone Contact Recovery to recover the lost or deleted contacts from iPhone.

iPhone Contacts Recovery Software

The iPhone Contacts Recovery can help you recover and export lost contacts from any iOS device, including iPhone 11 Pro Max/11 Pro/11, iPhone XS/XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 6s/6s Plus, iPhone 6/6 Plus, iPhone 5s/5c/5/4S. You can easily recover the lost contacts with full information like contacts name, phone number, Email, job title, companies, address, and more which you fill on your iPhone. And the exported contacts will be saved as VCF, CSV or HTML files for your using, copying or printing.

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Recover Deleted Contacts on iPhone Without iTunes or iCloud Backup

This tutorial take iPhone Data Recovery (Mac) as an example (steps with iPhone Data Recovery for Windows are similar as follows). Let’s learn how easy to recover iPhone lost contacts without backups.

Step 1. Download, Install and Run iOS Toolkit
Download, install and launch the iOS Toolkit on computer and select “iPhone Data Recovery”.

iphone data recovery for mac

Step 2. Choose “Recover from iOS Device” mode
Start up the program on computer, and you will be given the options to choose any suitable mode to start from. Just select “Recover from iOS Device” mode so that you can recover deleted contacts from iPhone storage without any iCloud or iTunes backup.

Then, get your iPhone plugged into the machine and wait for the connection.

connect iPhone to Mac

Step 3. Choose iPhone contacts to recover
From here, you can select the type of data that you wish to scan. You can choose to look for only the deleted content or perform an extensive scan. To get better results, we recommend performing a complete scan. Just make sure that the “Contacts” option is enabled before clicking on the “Start Scan” button.

Select Contacts

Step 4. Scan All Contacts from the iPhone
The software will start scan the deleted or loss contacts on your device. It might take a while so you need to make sure that the device stays connected to the computer.

scan contacts from iPhone

Step 5. Preview and Recover iPhone Lost Contacts
Once the application has retrieved the deleted or lost content, it will display it under different categories. click on “Contacts” category and you can see the contact details on the middle pane.

Tips: You can toggle the “Only display the deleted item(s)” switch to ON position to view just the lost contacts.

recover contacts on iPhone 11

The last step, please select which contact you want to get back from iPhone. To select all deleted contacts, click a checkmark next to the “Contacts” category on the left sidebar, then click “Recover” button to retrieve and export the lost contacts to computer directly.

The recovered contacts be saved as HTML or CSV file to your chosen path, so that you can view the contacts on the computer and transfer them back to your iPhone.

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If you want to transfer the recovered contacts back to your iPhone for using, you should save them as CSV format, then use this iPhone Manager tool to directly add contacts to your iPhone easily.
Also read: How to import contacts to iPhone

Conclusion

iPhone Data Recovery makes it easily to recover lost contacts, messages, photos, videos, notes, call logs, WhatsApp from iPhone even though you haven’t created iTunes or iCloud backup previously. In addition, if you have backup iPhone to iTunes or iCloud before, the iPhone Data Recovery also can help you restore and export lost data from iTunes backup; or download and import data from iCloud backup selectively.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on October 10, 2019


[Summary]: Deleted text messages and contacts on your iPhone? This post teach you an effective way to recover deleted messages, iMessages and contacts from iPhone with iOS 13/iOS 12.

Although WhatsApp, Kik, Line and more social app is squarely aimed at the smartphone segment of the handset market which adds sophisticated functions to the basic callling and texting capabilities of most phones, we can calling and texting whenever you want without connecting the cellular network, so, it is no doubt that contacts and messages data plays an important role in iPhone communication, when we have bought an new phone, we will save the import contacts to phone for calling expediently. But, sometimes, you may deleted contacts, text messages on iPhone by accidently, or lost contacts after iOS upgrading. At the same time, more and more people want to know how to recover deleted contacts or SMS on iPhone, for some of them deleted it accidently, lost data after upgrade iOS, or had iPhone stolen, etc.
Also read: Recover WhatsApp/Viber/Line/Messenger/Kik/WeChat Messages from iPhone/iPad

– You may delete contacts and messages by careless.
– iPhone have been stolen so that all important contacts and messages are gone;
– Failed iOS update cause some important contacts have gone;
– Mistakenly reset your iPhone cause all contacts and text messages erased;
– Transfer data to another iPhone and missing some contacts and messages

How to recover lost contacts from iPhone after update to iOS 13?”“How to restore lost contacts after factory reset iPhone?” “How to recover deleted contacts on iPhone when deleted contacts by careless?” “Is it possible to recover deleted contacts and messages on iPhone 11 Pro

It’s common to encounter the problems we list above for iPhone users. And everyone has accidentally deleted contacts and messages on iPhone, no matter the data lost or deleted, you still have chance to retrieve lost contacts and SMS from iPhone.

Take it easy. Deleting or losing data from iPhone is not a big disaster, you can find them back with a intelligent iPhone Data Recovery program. We all know that iTunes can automatically back up your iPhone data and update it every time when you sync it. So you can extract your contacts from the iTunes backup. In addition, if you have upload iPhone data to iCloud, you can restore iPhone lost contacts and SMS from iCloud backups. If you haven’t sync your iPhone to iTunes or iCloud, you can use a professional iPhone Contacts & SMS Recovery to recover deleted/lost contacts and SMS from iOS 13/iOS 12 devices, such as iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro(Max), iPhone XS(Max), iPhone XR, iPhone X ,iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6S, etc.

This iPhone Data Recovery provides three recovery modes to recover iPhone lost data: Directly scan and recover lost contacts, SMS, photos, videos, notes, WhatsApp messages, etc. from iPhone 11/XS/XR/X/8/7/6s/6; Restore iPhone lost data from iTunes backups; and restore iPhone data from iCloud backups.

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How to Recover Deleted SMS and Contacts from iPhone 11(Pro)

Step 1. Run the iPhone Data Recovery
First of all, download, install and launch the iPhone Data Recovery on your computer, then click “iPhone Data Recovery” function.

iphone 11 data recovery

Step 2. Connect Your iPhone to Computer
Connect your iPhone 11 with the computer via an Apple USB cable, the software will detects it.

connect iPhone 11 to computer

Step 3. Select Contacts and SMS to Recover
If you want to save time to recover contacts and text messages, only select “Contacts” and “Text Messages” item and click “Start Scan” button begin scanning your iPhone device.

Select SMS and contacts

Step 4. Scan Lost Contacts and Messages
The iPhone Data Recovery start to scanning lost/deleted contacts and messages from your iPhone, keep connecting your iPhone with the computer during scanning process.

scan and recover contacts from iPhone

Step 5. Preview and Recover SMS & Contacts from iPhone 11
Only few minutes, the software will scan and show all the missing contacts & messages, please check the detail and save the data that you want to get back. Finally, just click “Recover” button to recover deleted/lost contacts & SMS from iPhone 11.

Recover deleted contacts from iPhone 11

recover contacts from iPhone 11

Recover deleted messages and messages attachments from iPhone 11

recover messages attachments from iPhone 11

Your missing data will be saved onto your computer, if you want to transfer the recovered contacts to iPhone for using, you can use this iOS Manager tool to transfer contacts from computer to your iPhone.

Tips: You also can recover other lost data from iPhone directly in the same steps, like WhatsApp messages, Kik messages, Line messages, photos, videos, notes, call history, bookmarks,ect. In additional, if you use iPad and iPod Touch, this iOS data recovery allows you lost data from iPad and iPod Touch.

Notes: The directly iOS data recovery mode shown above will certainly lead you to successfully get back your lost contacts and messages. You can also restore iPhone lost data from iTunes or iCloud backups, is it amazing? Now, please free download the iPhone Data recovery and learn how to Recover Lost Contacts from iPhone directly.Try it now.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on September 20, 2019


[Summary]: Want to know to how to recover deleted and lost contacts on iPhone? The following 3 ways will show you how to retrieve lost or deleted iPhone contacts on your iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro(Max) and other iOS 13/12 devices, including iPhone XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus/6S(Plus).

Do you have got an new iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11 and have copied lots of contacts to your new iPhone? When you found lost contacts on your iPhone, how to recover lost contacts on iPhone? Sometimes, you may deleted contacts on iPhone by careless, is it possible to recover deleted contacts from iPhone? Since iPhone does not have a built-in recycle bin function, except for recently deleted photos recovery, you can recover deleted photos and videos in Photo’s app in Recently Deleted folder within 30 days. But, how to recover iPhone deleted contacts without backup? Recently, many users want to update iPhone to iOS 13, problems come up when you don’t have a backup of these contacts before iOS 13 upgrading, if you lost contacts after iOS 13 update, is it possible to recover lost contacts after updating to iOS 13 or iOS 12.4?
Also read: Recover lost data from iPhone after iOS 13 update

Want to get your deleted contacts back on iPhone? If you have a backup of your iPhone contacts before, you can solve the problem easily. You can use iTunes to restore deleted iPhone contacts if you have backed up your iPhone with it before. Or you can use iCloud to recover your iPhone contacts if you have kept your iPhone contact synced to iCloud. Besides, you can access your iPhone backed up contacts in iCloud.com when you have backed up your iPhone in iCloud. Even if you don’t have any backup available.

In this article, we look at 3 effective ways to recover lost contacts on your iPhone 11(Pro), and recover contacts from iPhone XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus/6S with iOS 13 update. Actually, you still have chance to recover deleted or lost contacts whether you have a backup or not, if you haven’t backup your iPhone before, you can use a third-party iPhone Contacts Recovery tool to recover your deleted contacts on iPhone. Read on to know the details.

Method 1: Restore Lost Contacts from iTunes Backup

If you have synced your iPhone with iTunes before, it will backup your iPhone data automatically, so you can get restore the lost or deleted contacts from iTunes backup. Let’s learn the detail guide to recover iPhone lost contacts via iTunes.

Step 1. Launch the iTunes which you have created a backup.
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to the PC/Mac.
Step 3. Select your iPhone icon and choose your iPhone.
Step 4. Click “Summary” under setting menu and choose “Restore iPhone …“.

restore iphone data from itunes

Step 5. Choose the most recent backup entry date of your iPhone from the backup history, then just click “Restore” button to restore the contacts, calendars, notes, text messages and settings from iTunes backup.

iphone restore on iTunes

Note: Using iTunes to restore the backed up contents, you do not have a choice to selectively restore only the lost contacts on iPhone.Worse, all data from iTunes will be restored on your device replacing existing iPhone data, it means the iTunes will erase all current data on your iPhone. If you want to data from iTunes backup without erase your current data, we recommend you a safe third-party iPhone data recovery application.

Method 2: Recover Lost Contacts from iCloud Backup

If you have synced your iPhone to iCloud backup, you can easily to restore lost contacts including ontact names and numbers from iCloud backups. Let’s learn the detail guide on how to recover iPhone lost and deleted contacts from iCloud.

restore contacts from icloud

Step 1: Go to your iPhone Settings > iCloud > Contacts (iOS 11/12/13 users follow: Settings > User Name > iCloud).

Step 2: Tap on your name and choose “iCloud”. (On iOS 10.2 and earlier, select “iCloud” directly.)

Step 3: If the “Contacts” option is on. Turn it off and choose “Keep on My iPhone”.

Step 4: Then switch “Contacts” on again and choose “Merge”. You will restore the deleted contacts on your iPhone after the merging process.

Tips: If you haven’t synced your iPhone to iCloud backup before the contacts losing, you can use a third-party iPhone Data Recovery to scan and recover lost contacts from iPhone directly. Let’s show you how to recover deleted/lost contacts from iPhone without iTunes or iCloud backup.

Method 3: Recover Lost Contacts from iPhone 11(Pro) without Backups

This iPhone Data Recovery is a professional iPhone contacts recovery software for all Apple user to recover their loss or deleted contacts from iPhone, iTunes and iCloud. What’s more, the iPhone Data Recovery also can help you recover iPhone lost messages, call history, photos, videos, notes etc, as well as third-party app data such as WhatsApp, WeChat, Viber, Kik, Skype. It works well for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro(Max), iPhone XR, XS, XS Max, X, 8, 8 Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 6s Plus, 6s, 6 Plus, 6, 5s, 5c, 5, 4S, 4G, 3GS, etc., and enable you to preview all the scanned contacts data before recovery.

Now, you can download the trial version of iPhone Data Recovery below and try it for free on your Mac or Windows.

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Important Note: Before you found your contacts lost, please don’t sync your iPhone with iTunes , or don’t use your iPhone for anything until you find your lost call log back.

Step by Step Guide to Recover Deleted Contacts on iPhone 11(Pro)

This tutorial take iPhone Data Recovery (Mac) as an example (steps with iPhone Data Recovery for Windows are similar as follows).

Step 1. Launch the Program and Choose iPhone Data Recovery
Download, install and launch the iOS Toolkit and select “iPhone Data Recovery” to recover your lost and deleted data.

iphone data recovery for mac

Step 2. Connect iPhone to Mac and Choose a Recovery Mode
You can see there are three recovery modes that you can choose from. This part shows you how to directly scan and recover lost contacts from iPhone device directly, so choose the “Recover from iOS Device” mode.

connect iPhone to Mac

Tips: If you want to extract your iTunes backup, click the “Recover from iTunes Backup File” mode. If you wan to extract your iCloud backup, click the “Recover from iCloud Backup File” mode.

Click “Trust” to allow connected with the computer, then the software can analyze and scan the device.

trust on iphone 11

Step 3. Select Contacts to Recover
Now select “Contacts” as the file type you want to recover. You can also recover photos, videos, notes, bookmarks and messages from 3rd-party IM App such as WhatsApp, Kik, WeChat, and Line.

Select Contacts

Step 4. Scan Lost and Deleted Contacts from iPhone
Click “Start Scan” button, the iPhone data recovery start to scanning all missing contacts from your iPhone, please waiting until the scanning process complete. If you find the contacts you want, you can click “Stop” button to end it.

scan contacts from iPhone

Step 5. View and Retrieve Your Deleted Contacts
When scanning is complete, you can view your contacts list and select the contacts you want to retrieve. Then tap “Recover“. The contacts will be saved to the folder you have chosen as the storage path, you can export all contacts as several format like VCF, CSV or HTML, we recommend you save the contacts as .CSV, so you can transfer them back to your iPhone for use.

recover contacts on iPhone 11

Step 6. Transfer the Recovered Contacts to iPhone 11(Pro) Again
Well done! All missing contacts be saved onto the computer, you can use this iPhone Manager to transfer contacts from computer to iPhone, this program also helps you manage and transfer iPhone data easily.
Also read: How to import contacts to iPhone

The trial version is free for download. Why not try the this iPhone Data Recovery to retrieve deleted contacts on iPhone 11/XR/XS Max/XS/X/8/7/6s/6 (Plus) now? If you want to recover only contacts instead of the full backup from iTunes or iCloud to computer, simply have a try of the easy-to-use iPhone Data Recovery software (compatible with iOS 13/12). It also supports to recover 20+ types of data such as photos, contacts, notes, Safari history, calendar, voice memos, etc. and many users have sent their feedback to us and here is only one of them.

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