How can I download my contact list from Apple Watch to my iPhone 16 Pro Max?

Stolen my phone,but I have my contacts on my iwach ultra!

how could I download my contact list to my iPhone 16 pro max?



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Original Title: apple watch ultra contact list to iphone16 pro max

Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 11

Posted on Jul 24, 2025 10:20 PM

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Jul 24, 2025 10:23 PM in response to lorandl

Please see the pic below for a better understanding...



If you are unable to find your contacts which were stored on iCloud, then try this --> Restore contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and more using ...


Check if the email account has been removed from the iOS mail app.

Add the email account that stores your contacts in the IOS mail app and enable Contacts.



What is your default Contacts account?



Use iCloud.com to restore and recover iCloud information

Contacts: Restore contacts stored in iCloud on iCloud.com



Unlike some Android devices, contacts are neither stored locally on an iPhone nor in the SIM. They are synced to an email account that you have Google, iCloud, AOL, Exchange, Outlook, Yahoo, or any Other



If you have a corporate email account added through a profile on your device, please check with your organization's system administrator.




  1. Is this your corporate/organization/enterprise/School Management iPhone? Then please contact the system administrator of your corporate//organisation/enterprise/School Management
  2. If it is your device, in that case, do you have any profile installed by your corporate/organization/enterprise/School Management?
    1. Erase the profile added by you. If you have installed a profile on your own, --> Install or remove configuration profiles on iPhone - Apple ...
    2. Please contact the system administrator of the organization who provided the profile to you




Jul 25, 2025 06:27 AM in response to lorandl

You will need to erase the watch in order to pair it with your new phone. But you will have the ability to restore a backup of the watch if one exists. There is no other way to move the data from a watch paired with a phone you no longer have.


See how to do this by reading the section on If you don't have your old phone --> If you can't pair your Apple Watch with a new iPhone - Apple Support


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