Full Guide – How to Restore iPhone Deleted Contacts Randomly

Recently, some users have complained in some forums that their iPhones deleted contacts randomly. This can bring lots of inconvenience and trouble to people's work and life. If you are also experiencing the same issue, you are not alone. There's no need for you to worry too much about this error, because we will show you why your iPhone deleted contacts randomly and how to restore them with or without backup.

Part 1: Why Did My iPhone randomly Delete Contacts?

When your iPhone randomly deleted contacts, you need to find out the reasons behind it first. There are several possible issues for these contacts to be deleted randomly, and you can refer to them and check if you meet the same problem.
1. If your contacts are saved on iCloud, and you have turned off the iCloud Contact Sync, you may fail to find contacts stored in iCloud.
2. If your contacts sync with an email account, they may disappear when you change the password of your email or delete your email account.
3. Sometimes, some unknown reasons, such as system errors and update bugs, on your device can lead to this issue.

Part 2: The Best Tool to Recover iPhone Deleted Contacts Randomly

Are you also facing random contacts deleted from iPhone? Take it easy. TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery can help you recover the contacts that are randomly deleted. It's a professional program for iPhone data recovery, which allows you to restore more than 31 categories of data easily with/without backup. No matter if you want to recover deleted contacts on iPhone, or restore deleted recent calls/messages/notes/photos, TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery can be helpful to you. Whether the deletion is caused by accident deletion, iOS update failure, jailbreak or virus attack, this program can assist you to recover them instantly. Besides, this data recovery tool is compatible with all iOS versions and models, so you don't need to worry about if it can restore data from your iOS device.

Key Features of TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery

• Recover random contacts deleted from iPhone without backup.
• Retrieve data under various scenarios including mistaken deletion and software update failure.
• Restore diverse types of data like contacts, videos, photos, etc.
• Fully compatible with all iOS versions including the latest iOS 16.
• Support previewing and selecting required data before recovery.

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Now, let' see how to use TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery to restore deleted contacts from your device.

Step 1 Connect iPhone to PC

On your PC, download and install TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery. Then, use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to the computer and wait for TunesKit to detect your iPhone. After that, click on the Recover from the iOS button to move on.

Step 2 Scan and preview iPhone data

In this step, you will see a list of categories that you can choose to recover. Choose Contacts from the list and hit on the Scan button. Wait for TunesKit to finish the scanning process.

Step 3 Recover deleted contacts from iPhone

When the scanning is over, you can preview the deleted contacts and choose the contacts you want to restore. Then, hit on the Recover button to restore your deleted contacts.

Part 3: Some Common Solutions for Random Contacts Deleted from iPhone

Way 1: Enable iCloud Sync

As mentioned above, you may find iPhone deleted contacts randomly if you turn off iCloud Contact Sync. Thus, you need to turn it on to recover the deleted contacts. On your iPhone, head to Settings > [Your Name], and then choose iCloud. Then, check if the toggle next to Contacts is on.

Way 2: Check Your Email Account

Also, if you have changed the password of your email account or deleted it, your iPhone contacts may also get deleted. If you delete your email account accidentally, all contacts that are synced with this account will be removed. To fix this, you need to add back your email account.

Step 1. Navigate to Settings on your iPhone, and then choose Accounts & Passwords.
Step 2. Then, choose Add Account and sign into your account.
Step 3. After that, hit on your email account, and turn on the toggle for Contacts.

Way 3: Use iCloud Backup to Recover Deleted Contacts

To restore random contacts deleted from iPhone, you can try to use iCloud backup. First, you need to reset your iPhone by going to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. Then, set up your iPhone and go to the App & Data screen. After that, choose Restore from iCloud Backup and sign into iCloud via your Apple ID. At last, choose the backup you want to restore to, and wait for the restoration to finish.

Way 4: Restore Deleted Contacts via iTunes Backup

Another method to recover deleted contacts is using iTunes backup. It's similar to the previous way. Here are the detailed steps to restore contacts from iTunes backup.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to PC and launch the latest version of iTunes on it.
Step 2. Tap on the Summary option once your iPhone is detected by iTunes.
Step 3. Hit on the Restore Backup button and wait for this process to complete.

Part 4: The Bottom Line

That's all for how to fix iPhone randomly deleted contacts. We hope this guide can help you recover the contacts that have been deleted. If you want to find the most convenient way to recover your contacts, we recommend you to try TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery. It's 100% safe and effective for data recovery on different iOS devices. Try this recovery tool by clicking on the Download button below now!