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Lost Contacts

I deleted an old email account off my phone that I no longer use, and now half of my contacts have been deleted to. How do I get them back?

Posted on May 6, 2020 8:03 AM

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Posted on May 6, 2020 3:40 PM

Hello,

If your contacts were backed up the iCloud, you should be able to restore them:

iCloud: Restore your contacts, calendars and reminders, or bookmarks

However, it is possible that the missing contacts were tied to the old email account and weren't really iPhone "contacts." In that case, you should be able to add back your old email account to get those contacts back.

Good luck.

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May 6, 2020 3:40 PM in response to GemSGeorge

Hello,

If your contacts were backed up the iCloud, you should be able to restore them:

iCloud: Restore your contacts, calendars and reminders, or bookmarks

However, it is possible that the missing contacts were tied to the old email account and weren't really iPhone "contacts." In that case, you should be able to add back your old email account to get those contacts back.

Good luck.

Lost Contacts

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