Read this guide to learn how to set up and manage your contacts in the Contacts app. If you have a need, you can back up, delete and restore contacts, and more.
Steps to Set Up an iPhone Contacts Account
The iOS system supports users to set the Contacts app to share contacts with your email account.
1. Open Settings > tap Contacts > tap Accounts.
2. Click Add Account.
3. According to the diagram displayed on the interface, select and tap the service for which you have an account. You can also tap Other to set other information for the contact account.
4. Enter your account information to log in as prompted.
5. Click Next.
If you have multiple accounts set up in the Contacts application and want to view contacts for a specific account, Additionally, you can view data for multiple accounts you have set up in the Contacts application by opening Contacts and tapping Lists in the upper left corner.
How to delete and edit a contact on iPhone
Deleting contacts on iPhone is easy. When you delete a contact, it is permanently deleted from your phone. If you delete a contact from an email account, the contact is permanently deleted from all devices that are also logged into that email account.
Steps to delete a contact: Tap Contacts and select the contact you want to delete. After clicking Edit in the upper right corner, scroll down and click Delete Contact, and then click Delete Contact again to delete the contact.
In addition, after entering the editing page of a contact, you can add numbers, emails, modify phone ringtones and SMS ringtones, add addresses, birthdays, associates, notes, etc. You can edit the contact information as needed.
How to restore iPhone contacts
For accidentally lost contact data, you can try to restore them. It's great to have a backup, and there are ways to restore it if you don't. iPhone Data Recovery is an effective tool for recovering deleted data on iPhone and iPad. It supports recovery from iTunes backup, recovery from iCloud backup and direct scanning of Apple device data, including but not limited to contacts, photos, messages, Safari browsing history, APP data etc.
More features of iPhone data recovery tool:
- Three recovery modes to recover data from dead/broken iPhone, selectively browse and recover lost data from iOS devices, iCloud backup and iTunes backup.
- Fix your iOS system in various scenarios: iPhone disabled, iPhone turn on, charge issue, activation, loop restart, verifying update, battery drain, no service.
- Support to recover iPhone data from dead/broken iPhone in 22+ formats, including pictures, messages, contact, videos, notes, voice memos, etc.
- Best iOS data recovering and backing up tool to recover and backup iOS data to PC or Mac.
- Transfer WhatsApp messages between two iOS devices, back up or restore WhatsApp messages in one-click.
- Support all iOS devices, including iPhone 14 Pro Max/Pro/Plus, iPhone 13 Pro/Pro Max/Mini, iPhone 12/11, iPhone X, iPad, iPod, etc.
Step 1. Choose recovery mode
Download, install the iPhone data recovery software on computer and finish the setup process, launch it, choose the feature of "iPhone Data Recovery" on home screen, then the software will go to default recovery mode "Recover from iOS Device". Connect your iPhone to computer with a usb cable, press "Trust" on iPhone screen, the software will detect your iPhone and show it on the software, you can click "Start Scan" button to scan iPhone storage.
To restore contacts from iTunes backup selectively, you can choose the recovery mode "Recover from iTunes Backup", all iTunes backup will list on the windows, choose one backup contain the contacts you need and click "Start Scan" button to extract it.
To extract iCloud backup, you can choose the "Recover from iCloud Backup" mode, enter your Apple ID and password to login iCloud account, then tap "iCloud Backup" option, you can see all iCloud backup on the interface, choose one backup to download it pc and click "Scan" button to extract it.
Step 2. Choose contacts to restore
The software will spend some time to finish the scanning process, after that, you can tap data type "Contacts" on left sidebar, preview each contacts on scan result, mark all contacts you want and click "Recover" button to get them back. You can also to restore other data like photos, videos, music, whatsapp, call logs, notes, kik, line, viber and more.
