How to restore deleted contacts on an Android mobile

You have mistakenly deleted a contact from your phonebook. Alas, this is a common problem that every smartphone user will face at one time or another. However, the situation is far from hopeless. As you will discover in this tutorial, there is a method to recover deleted contacts in Android.


The phone book of his Android mobile

The democratization of the smartphone has revolutionized our daily life and our way of life. They have so interfered in our lives that some of our good old habits have completely disappeared.

Today no one is bothering to memorize a phone number. And besides what good to impose this intellectual gymnastics while any low-end phone is able to store thousands of contact cards.

Unfortunately no one is immune to a handling error or a system crash. Well yes, it's so easy to inadvertently skip the Delete button. As a result, you have just lost the address, email and phone number of one of your contacts.

And no need to hope to recover this data from the trash of your mobile. Unlike Windows, Android smartphones do not have this type of features.

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Recover deleted contacts from your phone

Remember a smartphone is not a foolproof tool. Incorrect handling, bug, battery problem, crash or faulty update, these are all reasons that could cause you to lose the data in your address book.

Fortunately Android has thought of everything. Google's mobile system automatically syncs the directory with your Google Account. This option is enabled by default on most phones. If you have not changed your smartphone settings, the backup should run automatically.

To ensure that sync is active on your mobile, simply perform the following operation:

• Open your smartphone settings
• Click users and accounts Edit phonebook settings
• Select from the list the heading Google
• Make sure the contact content synchronization line switch is turned onBe sure to sync your address book with your Google Account

In principle, all your contacts should be stored somewhere in the cloud on one of the many computers of the American research giant. If the feature is not enabled, I can only advise you to do it right away.

Your repertoire is very important, so you have to take care of it. Backing up your address book online is certainly the best way to protect your data. Here you will find different ways to export your contacts on Android.

Restore your repertoire

In the second step of this tutorial, we will see how to recover the data and restore them on your mobile. Importantly, this operation can only be performed if the contact card has been deleted in the last 30 days. We must act quickly.

• Stand in front of your computer
• Launch your web browser
• In the web address field, enter the following URL: https://www.google.com/contacts
• Press the More button
• Click on the title Cancel changes
• Choose the date of your restore point, that is, the moment before the deletion of your contact
• Press the Confirm button
• Take back your smartphone
• Make sure it is connected to the internet

The synchronization of your phonebook will start automatically after a few seconds. In case of problems, please note that it is possible to force the synchronization of contacts. To do this, simply perform the following operation.

• Open your mobile settings
• Click on Account or Users and Accounts
• Select your Google Account from the list
• Press the Menu button (3 points) at the top right of the window
• Click Sync Now