How do I restore contacts that randomly disappeared from my iPhone?

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

Posted on Mar 7, 2025 7:08 AM

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Apr 15, 2025 2:27 PM in response to ncfan617

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.

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