TS4009 Deleting contacts on iPhone...do they delete from iCloud too?

I am new to Apple products but have a delima...my stepson transferred contacts from his old phone to the new one then started deleting the contacts on the old one only to find that they were being deleted from his new iPhone. Is there anyway to get all that back from "iCloud"? Very lost and confused. I'm hoping there is good news for us!

Welcome to the Apple community.
Unfortunately once you have deleted contacts from your iCloud account, there is no way to recover them from the iCloud account directly. If you have a backup of the contacts on a computer somewhere you may be able to recover them.

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    Hi, I know this is stupid, but without going into the how, I deleted important photos and actually backed up my icloud, so I think they are gone completely! I am furious with my self, is there anyway to retrieve this data from some space even if I have to be charged by apple ... just being hopeful...

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    Read this:
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