Retrieve deleted contacts ?

Silly me deleted contacts from my address book, i have no backup. Is there any way i can get them back. They are not in the trash.....

As you're asking in the iSync forum (instead of the Mail & Address Book forum), does that mean you're syncing your Address Book contacts to a mobile phone?
If so, depending on which mobile phone you have you may be able to retrieve them from there.
You haven't mentioned which version of Mac OS X you are using. If you are using 10.5 and have Time Machine turned on, then you may be able to retrieve them from there.
With no backups at all there's no guaranteed way of getting deleted contact back.
However, if you're very lucky, this may work:
1) Quit Address Book
2) Navigate to {Your Mac HD}/Users/{Your username}/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/
3) See if there are files called "AddressBook.data" and "AddressBook.data.previous"
4) Backup, then delete the "AddressBook.data" file
5) Rename "AddressBook.data.previous" to "AddressBook.data"
6) Reload Address Book with your fingers crossed.
If that doesn't work, then you've lost your Contacts.

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HT4890 Is it possible to retrieve deleted contacts from a former backup?

I am trying to retrieve deleted contacts, but I do not see them in my iCloud account. Is there any way to retrieve them? Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple communities.
iCloud data is not part of your iCloud backup, therefore restoring your phone will not help recover your deleted contacts.
If your iCloud contacts are synced with your computer, then you can recover any deleted contacts from the backup you keep of your computer. Unfortunately if you do not sync your iCloud contacts to a computer or you do not keep a backup of the computer you will be unable to recover them.

Can I retrieve deleted contacts from Address book

Can I retrieve deleted contacts from address book on my mac or contact list on my iphone?

Yes if you have been backing up using Time Machine it should be pretty simple. If you haven't been backing up then they're gone.

Retrieving deleted contacts

I have 2 iphones, I was deleting contacts off my old iphone 4 and then realised all contacts have disappeared from my new iphone 5 and ipad, tried unsuccessfully restoring from icloud....now what?

If you have backed up your device to the PC using the BlackBerry Desktop Software or have BlackBerry Protect activated, your contacts should be there.
Otherwise, you cannot retrieve a deleted contact from the device itself.
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Ex Boyfriend hacked into my phone and I think ICloud and deleted contacts. How can I see/retrieve deleted contacts?

Not only the question in Subject line but also My IPhone says my backup is full and has not been backed up for weeks (I think since Jan). So I need help with that as well.
Kinda Technology challenged.
Help!

Teacher48 wrote:
I used my appleid on my husband's phone. Our contacts merged, both phones ring and he sees my texts. I deleted his contacts from my phone and they deleted from his phone also. How can I get my appleid off his phone and retrieve his contacts?
Bad mistake. You shouldn't have used your Apple ID on his phone. And you made it worse because now the contacts are gone, as you deleted them from your phone, they got deleted on iCloud. Your husband should have his Apple ID.
There is really no way of recovering the deleted contacts unless you backed up using iTunes and even then you will only be able to recover those contacts that were on a call list. Read here:
iTunes: About iOS backups

Retrieving deleted contact information

I stored passwords to everything under a contact on my iphone. When I had that contact open today, somehow I inadvertenly deleted all info under the contact notes- where I stored it all. How can I retrieve that information only using backup?

Contacts are included in your iphone's backup. If you have not synced since you deleted the info in question, you can use your last backup to restore that info, assuming of course the info was included in that backup. Disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected under preferences in itunes, which in windows is under the edit menu. Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC, right click the phone in the device pane & select restore from backup. If you've synced since you deleted the data in question, then the data is gone. If you haven't, it should be in your backup.

How can i retrieve deleted contacts in my address book

Does anyone know how to retrieve contacts on my IMac because I didn't know they were synced to my IPhone 4s and I was just deleting them and now I lost about 60 to 70 christmas card address.

What backups do you have?

Retrieve ldeleted contact info

Is there any way to retrieve deleted contact information?

The iPhone is designed to be synced with a supported application on your computer for contacts, with the contacts stored in the supported application included with your computer's backup along with all other important data.
Contacts are also included with your iPhone's backup. If you sync your iPhone with iTunes often and you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes since a contact was deleted from your iPhone, you can restore your iPhone with iTunes from your iPhone's backup - do not sync your iPhone with iTunes before doing so and decline any prompt to backup your iPhone before doing so.

I have an iphone 5, i have stupidly never done a back up! And deleted a contact. When i search the phone text messages still come up from this contact but arent in my message inbox. Is there any way i can retrieve this contact?

I accidentally deleted a contact but stupidly i haven't ever done a backup. When i search my i phone, text messages that i received from this deleted contact still appear but they aren't in my message inbox. Is there anyway i can retrieve this contact??
Thank you!!!

With no backup? No. Are you not syncing your contacts either over-the-air or with a supported application on your computer?

My husband and I use the same apple ID, I have just started using an iPhone and deleted all his contacts from my phone. He hadn't backed up his iPhone but my iPad is backed up to iCloud. Is there any way I can retrieve his contacts from there?

My husband and I use the same apple ID. I started using a new iPhone and deleted his contacts from my phone which has also deleted them from his phone. He hasn't backed up his phone but my iPad is backed to iCloud. Can I retrieve the contacts from this?

In preferences turn on iTunes sharing in iTunes preferences and keep iTunes turned on in both accounts. Or better yet put the iTunes library on the main HD rather than in an account and set the location of the library to that location in iTunes preferences.

Is it possible to retrieve deleted files from the cloud i.e. contact list?

Is it possible to retrieve deleted files from the cloud i.e. contacts?

If you have an iCloud backup of an iOS device that was made while the contacts were still on it, you may be able to restore them from the backup by following this user tip from Winston Churchill: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4841.

Can i retrieve accidentally deleted contacts if my i-phone was not backed up

Can I retrieve accidentally deleted contacts if my phone has not been backed-up?

Have you tried going to icloud.com on a PC and logging in to see if your contacts some how managed to remain in the cloud? Good luck

Can I retrieve contacts that I deleted from an email account on my IPhone that I no longer have access to? I have synced the contacts with my computer and have not synced since I deleted the mail account on my Iphone. Can I still retrieve the contacts?

can I retrieve contacts that I deleted from an email account on my IPhone that I no longer have access to? I have synced the contacts with my computer and have not synced since I deleted the mail account on my Iphone. Can I still retrieve the contacts on my home computer?

This might be a problem as it is a company mail account that I no longer work for.
Could I...
Plug iphone into pc and click Restore in iTunes?
Then using ICloud, retrieve all the data lost in the restore?

HT1212 My little children Majd enter the wrong passcode for more than 10 times, my iPhone automatically got reset all data was deleted. I managed to retrieve the contacts only but I'm unable to retrieve my SMS's and my photos???? Can you help me please ??

My little children Majd entered the wrong passcode for more than 10 times, my iPhone automatically got reset all data was deleted. I managed to retrieve the contacts only but I'm unable to retrieve my SMS's and my photos???? Can you help me please ???

Hi,
Did you ever back up your phone on the computer?
Did you use photo stream at all?
May I suggest changing your passcode lock to a letters and numbers lock (if not all ready it will make your iphone more secure and a restore lock otion shouldent be needed). Then change your setting as well preventing restore after ten incorect passwords.
kc

HT4859 My phone some how deleted not all but most of my contacts and then backup to the iCloud can I go back to a previous backup and retrieve the contacts. If so how.

My phone some how deleted not all but most of my contacts and then backup to the iCloud can I go back to a previous backup and retrieve the contacts. If so how.

Hi Shero89,
Thanks for the answer. I am not new to IOS software but I don't really ever bother with it, have discovered how little I take advantage of the i-phones capability, in reality I still only really use it to phone, text, check emails, listen to music and look on internet. I'm not keen on jailbreaking it as I don't trust it to work so normally just update and leave it at that. Only reason I wanted to downgrade was because the update had stopped my bluetooth working but Kilted Tim solved that problem for me so am now not interested in downgrading software. I quite liked the things that IOS 5.1 gave me but wasn't happy with fact that bluetooth stopped working in car as it caused me problems. One day I might try and work out exactly what I-phones can do but on the basis that it's a phone all I really want it to do is phone, if that bit works I'm happy.

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