i am currently facing an issue with my iphone, it just randomly deleted my few contacts and i have no idea why it is happening, is there anyone else who have faced the same problem. does it have to do something with the icloud backup. it is really frustrating. please let me know wht could be done to restore them. thanks in advance.
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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18
iPhones do not delete contacts; contacts are saved in email accounts, so if you delete or change an email account that will delete the associated contacts. Another possibility is if you intentionally or unintentionally share an Apple ID with someone; they can delete your contacts.
iPhones do not delete contacts; contacts are saved in email accounts, so if you delete or change an email account that will delete the associated contacts. Another possibility is if you intentionally or unintentionally share an Apple ID with someone; they can delete your contacts.
This absolutely CAN happen without the user deleting the contact.
It is happening to me for the past week (since I first noticed it). Email accounts, etc, are UNCHANGED and iCloud is "on" to back up contacts. I have tried doing the "archive" from a previous date and it did not fix it.
Apple customer service representative basically told me (today during a call) the contacts do not just disappear without being deleted. She was certainly not convinced that I am not deleting them. In fact, she eluded to this by showing me very simple ways to delete a contact as if I must be doing this on accident. I am truly insulted and very frustrated. I was advised to do the latest update from Apple and that was it.
Part of my secondary frustration is, I don't know who is being deleted or how many people I have already lost. It seems to be completely random. Yesterday the contact was there and an hour later when I responded to the text, it was his number only -- and no contact saved in my phone.
Good news to all!!! Go to iCloud and click contacts and you should know the way from there! I recommend that you backup to iCloud and change your password and sign out of all your devices and websites make sure you have a trusted phone number. Then sign back into your devices. Done. Simple.
What you were told is correct. iPhones do not delete contacts. iPhone’s don’t even “own” contacts; the master copy of contacts is on your mail server or servers. Go to Settings/Apps/Contacts/Accounts, and see which accounts have Contacts turned on. If you share an email account with anyone, they can delete contacts.
This has been happening to me all week as well as to a few others I know.
I've been losing numbers to at random kinda frustrated lost an important number I just got
How do I restore contacts that randomly disappeared from my iPhone?
