{"id":16229,"date":"2018-02-20T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T09:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?p=16229"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:34:43","slug":"restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Deleted iPhone Contacts (4 Methods)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts\/#pagea\"><em>Restore from iCloud Backup<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts\/#pageb\"><em>Restore from iTunes Backup<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts\/#pagec\"><em>Recover through the iPhone Data Recovery Tool<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/restore-missing-deleted-iphone-contacts\/#paged\"><em>Restore through changing iPhone Settings<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read on to know in detail which amongst them works the best for your situation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Losing contact names and numbers from the device all of a sudden is not new for iPhone users. Sometimes contact names are missing with only the random numbers visible or the contact list is altogether empty. Mostly, the incidents occur after updating to a newer version of iOS, a bug in the device, accidental deletion, or else formatting of the iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can always restore from iCloud or iTunes backup, but sometimes even those attempts might fail to recover deleted contacts. This can be because of wrong user names, passcodes, or device settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In such cases, the best way to restore only the missing contacts is to use <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/media-tools\/iphone-data-recovery.php?utm_source=StellarBlog&amp;utm_medium=missing_iphone_contact&amp;utm_campaign=iPhoneDataRecovery\">iPhone Data Recovery Software<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>by Stellar<strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Read on to know the below four solutions to recover deleted contact on iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Method_1_Recover_Deleted_Contacts_from_iCloud_Backup\">Method 1: Recover Deleted Contacts from iCloud Backup<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Method_2_Restore_Contacts_from_iTunes_Backup\">Method 2: Restore Contacts from iTunes Backup<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Method_3_Recover_Deleted_Contact_on_iPhone_using_Stellar_Data_Recovery_for_iPhone\">Method 3: Recover Deleted Contact on iPhone using Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Method_4_Restore_Contacts_through_iPhone_Settings\">Method 4: Restore Contacts through iPhone Settings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#nbspTo_Wrap-up\">&nbsp;To Wrap-up<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Method_1_Recover_Deleted_Contacts_from_iCloud_Backup\"><strong id=\"pagea\">Method 1: Recover Deleted Contacts from <\/strong><strong>iCloud Backup<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have synced your iPhone to iCloud backup, restore missing contact names and numbers with this method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Go to your iPhone <strong>Settings &gt; iCloud &gt; Contacts <\/strong>(iOS 13 &amp; 14 users follow: Settings &gt; User Name &gt; iCloud)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34653\" width=\"271\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-2.png 750w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-2-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-2-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Toggle OFF and turn ON <strong>Contacts<\/strong> again<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34651\" width=\"268\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2-1-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2-1-576x1024.png 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It asks what you would like to do with the previously synced iCloud contacts on your iPhone. Select <strong>Delete from My iPhone<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You will get back lost contacts on the iPhone. If you have different Cloud accounts like Gmail, linked to your device, those accounts too are displayed in your group lists. You can check and uncheck the group to view or hide, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"Method_2_Restore_Contacts_from_iTunes_Backup\"><strong id=\"pageb\"><strong>Method 2: Restore Contacts from iTunes Backup<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This works only when you have backed up your iPhone to iTunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Connect your iPhone to the PC<\/li><li>&nbsp;Launch iTunes<\/li><li>Select your device from the Device list and pick the most recent backup entry date of your iPhone from the Summary page<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-backup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-backup.png\" alt=\"Restore contacts from iTunes Backup\" class=\"wp-image-16231\" width=\"433\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-backup.png 472w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-backup-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-backup-320x151.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Click <strong>Restore Backup<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get back the lost or deleted contacts from your iTunes backup. But the drawback of this method is that with iTunes you do not have a choice to selectively restore only the lost contacts on your iPhone. This means that complete data from iTunes will be restored on your device replacing existing iPhone data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All current media photos, videos, messages, etc., on your iPhone will also be replaced by the iOS backup files. If you want to restore only contacts from iTunes backup use a safe third-party iPhone data recovery application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"Method_3_Recover_Deleted_Contact_on_iPhone_using_Stellar_Data_Recovery_for_iPhone\"><strong id=\"pagec\"><strong>Method 3: Recover Deleted Contact on iPhone using Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone.<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to overcome the iTunes drawback and selectively restore only the missing contacts is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/iphone-data-recovery\/iphone-contacts-recovery.php?utm_source=StellarBlog&amp;utm_medium=missing_iphone_contact&amp;utm_campaign=iPhoneDataRecovery\">iPhone Contact Recovery Software<\/a>&nbsp;by Stellar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This secure &amp; do-it-yourself software recovers lost or accidentally deleted iPhone contacts, call history, etc., regardless of the cause of the loss.<strong id=\"pagec\"><br><\/strong>Experience the Free Trial version NOW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/StellarToolkitforiPhone-B.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"63\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-1.png\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/StellarToolkitforiPhone-B.dmg.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-mac-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"63\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-mac-1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free demo version of Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone allows you to scan and preview files from iPhone, iCloud, and iTunes backup, and to save them you need to register the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stellar Data Recovery offers three ways to recover iPhone contacts missing on your device:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>&nbsp;<strong>Recovery from iPhone<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Recover from iCloud Backup <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Recover from iTunes Backup<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3>&nbsp;<strong>1. Recover from iPhone<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a possibility that your device has all the contacts, but they are not showing up, in this case, select <strong>Recovery from iPhone<\/strong> to view the hidden iPhone contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch and launch the software<\/li><li>On the home screen, choose \u201cRecover from iPhone\u201d, select \u201cContacts and Call Logs\u201d and click \u201cNext\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-Mui.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34673\" width=\"810\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-Mui.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-Mui-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-Mui-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will show you the iOS devices connected to your system. Select your device and click <strong>Scan<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2recover-file2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34676\" width=\"814\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2recover-file2.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2recover-file2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/2recover-file2-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>After scanning, select <strong>Contacts<\/strong>&nbsp;on your left pane, all the contacts will be displayed in the right pane.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Then, Select All or selective items by clicking on the associated checkbox.<\/li><li>Click on <strong>Save<\/strong> and browse the desired location to save the recovered contacts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5recover-file6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34680\" width=\"809\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5recover-file6.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5recover-file6-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5recover-file6-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3><strong>2. Recover from iCloud Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recovery from iCloud Backup allows you to selectively recover deleted contacts from your iPhone rather than restoring everything from photos, and videos to messages, etc. Follow the below steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Connect your iPhone to the computer via USB cable<\/li><li>\u00a0Launch Stellar Data Recovery from iPhone<\/li><li>Choose <strong>Recover from iCloud Backup<\/strong>, Select <strong>Contacts and Call Logs<\/strong>\u00a0and click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34693\" width=\"806\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-1.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-1-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Enter the Apple ID and Password to get the list of available backup files.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34696\" width=\"814\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-2.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-2-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Select the backup file and click <strong>Scan<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34700\" width=\"824\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-3.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-3-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-3-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>After scanning, select \u201cContacts\u201d on your left pane, all the contacts in the selected backup file will be displayed in the right pane.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34741\" width=\"808\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-4.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-4-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-4-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Then, Select All or selective items by clicking on the associated checkbox.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iCloud-6.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Click on Save and browse the desired location to save the recovered contacts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>3. Recover from iTunes Backup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your iPhone contacts are synced with iTunes backup, use <strong>Recovery from iTunes backup<\/strong> to get back missing iPhone contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch the software<\/li><li>On the home screen, choose Recover from iTunes, select Contacts and Call Logs, and click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1010\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-1.png 1010w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-1-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The software analyzes your system and lists all the available iTunes backup files as shown below. If you are unable to find the desired backup file, then you can click on <strong>Add Backup<\/strong>&nbsp;to manually add the backup file from the system. Now, select the file and click <strong>Scan<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1007\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-2.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-2-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iTunes-backup-2-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>After scanning, select \u201cContacts\u201d on your left pane, all the contacts in the selected backup file will be displayed in the right pane.<\/li><li>&nbsp;Then, Select All or selective items by clicking on the associated checkbox.<\/li><li>Click on Save and browse the desired location to save the recovered contacts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"Method_4_Restore_Contacts_through_iPhone_Settings\"><strong id=\"paged\"><strong>Method 4: Restore Contacts through iPhone Settings<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor changes in the Settings of the iPhone can also help to restore deleted contacts. Try the below Setting changes and check if they work for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Change Contacts\u2019 Groups Settings<\/li><li>Reset the Network Connections<\/li><li>Change Default Account in Settings back to iCloud (works for iPhone 8\/7\/6s)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>1: Change Contacts\u2019 Groups Settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Go to your <strong>Contacts, <\/strong>tap into <strong>Groups<\/strong><\/li><li>&nbsp;Uncheck <strong>All iCloud<\/strong><\/li><li>Select&nbsp;<strong>All on iPhone<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/123-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34769\" width=\"280\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/123-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/123-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/123-1-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Click on <strong>Done<\/strong> (top right)<\/li><li>Check if you got back all your contacts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>2: Reset the Network Connections<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Under <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>General<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reset<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reset Network Settings<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/main-qimg-164d17fa45a35b970a0c4651fa2c690a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"558\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/main-qimg-164d17fa45a35b970a0c4651fa2c690a.png\" alt=\"Reset iPhone Network Connections\" class=\"wp-image-16432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/main-qimg-164d17fa45a35b970a0c4651fa2c690a.png 558w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/main-qimg-164d17fa45a35b970a0c4651fa2c690a-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Enter your passcode<\/li><li>Choose <strong>Reset Network Settings<\/strong> to continue ignoring the message that this action will delete all your network settings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This action will clear your current saved networks and Wi-Fi passwords, but you can always re-enter your network passwords later. So give this a try to retrieve lost contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>3: Change Default Account in Settings back to iCloud (works for iPhone 8\/7\/6s)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-settings2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-settings2.png\" alt=\"Restore Contacts through iPhone Settings\" class=\"wp-image-16236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-settings2.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/iphone-settings2-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul><li>Go to your iPhone <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Mail, Contacts, Calendars<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/li><li>Click <strong>Default Account<\/strong><\/li><li>Select <strong>iCloud<\/strong> instead of <strong>On my iPhone<\/strong><\/li><li>Check if your phone\u2019s missing contacts recovered<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2><span id=\"nbspTo_Wrap-up\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>To Wrap-up<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone intelligently restores your missing or accidentally deleted contacts without causing loss of iPhone\u2019s existing data, unlike iTunes or iCloud Backup recovery methods. Changing the iPhone settings can also help you get back missing contacts. So now no need to worry about the contacts list loss. Try the above methods and recover deleted contacts on your iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/StellarToolkitforiPhone-B.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"63\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-1.png\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/StellarToolkitforiPhone-B.dmg.zip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-mac-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"63\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/free-download-mac-1.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever used any of the above methods for restoring missing iPhone contacts? 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