3 Ways to Retrieve Contacts after Factory Reset iPhone

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User story: I reset my iPhone and lost my contacts

"About two hours ago, my iPhone got stuck in recovery mode while upgrading to iOS 15. I sought help online and a user suggested restoring the iPhone to factory settings. It did help me get out of recovery mode but also erased all data, including contacts, from my device. Nightmare! I didn't know a factory reset would delete data on my iPhone. But it's too late to regret now. I just want to know if it's possible to retrieve contacts after a factory reset on iPhone and if yes, how?"

If you've already reset your iPhone to factory settings, then you must have gone to Settings > General > Reset and chosen Erase All Content and Settings. This can fix some iPhone issues, such as “Can't Download Apps on iOS 13/12” or “iPhone Touch Screen Not Working.” However, this will delete everything on your iPhone, including contacts, photos, music, videos, mail, and apps. In short, it will restore your iPhone to its out-of-the-box state.

How to Retrieve Contacts After Factory Reset on iPhone

If you have previously backed up your iPhone through iCloud or iTunes, congratulations – you can restore your contacts after a factory reset. Here, we'll show you three ways to recover contacts after a factory reset from an iPhone, iTunes, or iCloud backup.

Here are the steps to restore your iPhone contacts after a factory reset using any of these methods.

How to Retrieve Contacts After an iCloud Factory Reset

If you have iCloud Contacts turned on, you can restore your contacts after resetting your iPhone to factory settings from icloud.com.

1. Go to iCloud.com on your computer and log in with your Apple ID and password.

Step 2: Select “Settings,” then scroll down to the “Advanced” section.

Step 3: Click on “Restore Contacts” and you will see the backup list of your iPhone contacts.

Step 4: Select the archived contact you want to restore and click the “Restore” button next to it.

Step 5: In the new window that pops up, tap “Restore” to confirm. Wait for iCloud to finish restoring your iPhone contacts. Once it's done, you can view your recovered contacts on your iPhone.

As you can see, if you restore iPhone from iCloud, you cannot just restore contacts, but all the contents in the backup will be restored. So how to selectively recover contacts from iCloud backup after factory reset? Try this iOS Data Recovery software, which can help you recover contacts from iCloud backup after factory reset.

Step 1: Choose "Restore from iCloud Backup"

Connect your iPhone to the computer and run the MobiSaver tool. Click “Recover from iCloud” and then click “Start”.

Step 2: Turn off "Find My iPhone"

Please turn off “Find My iPhone” on your iPhone/iPad/iPod to continue.

Step 3: Enter the code in the confirmation box

Type "123456" in the confirmation box, then click on the "Continue" button.

Note: This will delete all data and reset all settings. Make sure to back up important information.

Step 4: Reset your iPhone

Go through the iPhone setup process until you get to the Reset screen. On your phone, select “Restore from iCloud Backup.” Enter the Apple ID and password for the account with the backup you want to restore. Then click “Next” on your computer.

Step 5: Select the file

Select the type of data you want to recover. If you want to retrieve all files, simply click on the "Select All" button at the bottom.

Step 6: Analyze the iPhone

The software will analyze your device, which may take a few minutes. Do not disconnect or use the device during this time.

Step 7: Scan for lost data and recover it

MobiSaver will scan your iCloud backup file automatically to find the lost data. This process may take a few minutes. Please wait patiently. Then, choose the data you want to recover and click on the "Recover" button.

How to Restore Contacts from an iTunes Backup After a Factory Reset

If you backed up your iPhone with iTunes, you can also restore your contacts from that backup. Like restoring from an iCloud backup, if you restore your iPhone from an iTunes backup, you'll need to restore all the content from the backup, not just your contacts.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iTunes on your computer.

Step 2: Tap the phone icon in the top-left corner.

Step 3: In the sidebar on the right, click “Restore backup” under “Backups.”

Step 4: Select an iTunes backup and click "Restore" to restore your iPhone. If the backup is encrypted, you'll need to enter the password first.

How to Use iOS Data Recovery Software to Retrieve iPhone Contacts

How to recover iPhone contacts after factory reset without backup? You need a powerful iPhone Data Recovery tool – MobiSaver, which will help you to recover your contacts as well as lost photos, videos, messages, call logs, notes, WhatsApp chats, voice memos and other files.

It's fully compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Here's how to use MobiSaver to retrieve your contacts after an iPhone factory reset: (MobiSaver values your privacy. We do not save your Apple account information or content logs during the recovery process.)

< strong > Step 1: < /strong> Connect your iPhone to your computer.

Launch the MobiSaver tool, choose “Recover from iOS Device” on the left, and then click “Start”.

Step 2. Scan your iPhone to find the lost contact

The MobiSaver tool will scan your iPhone 13/12/11/X/XR/XS/8/7/6/5/4 automatically and locate your lost contacts.

Step 3: Preview and Recover Contacts

Check “Contacts” on the left, then select the contacts you want to restore. When you're done, click “Recover to PC” or “Recover to Device” to decide where you want to save the list.

Conclusions

It's essential to back up your data regularly so you don't lose it. The best way to back up your iPhone is with the free iTunes or iCloud. If you've lost files from your iPhone without a backup, don't worry – you can use an iPhone data transfer tool to safely and quickly recover deleted files and copy the contents of your iPhone elsewhere.