Why did icloud delete my contacts?

After signing up for icloud to try out then not really caring for it I deleted my account.  Icloud deleted all of my stored contacts in the process.  Thank you for that.  Just what I needed on a Monday evening.

I wish. What you do need is to know where those contacts come from in the first place and get those from there again. Once you got them find out if they will go to icloud if you turn icloud on. Some things do go and some don't. Example is Verizon's back up assistant keeps your contacts internally and doesn't sync with icloud.

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