Selectively restore contacts from an iCloud backup on iPhone

Sumamry: Accidentally deleted some important contacts from iPhone? Want to restore lost contacts only from iCloud backup files? No problem! This article aims to demonstrate the magic power. Keep reading on...

"I mistakenly deleted some important contacts on my iPhone. I had backed up the iPhone in iCloud before; however, I only want to recover the content of contacts. Everything else is outdated. Is there a way I can either see the content of contacts on iCloud or recover only the content of the contacts to my iPhone?"

Beyond dispute, conatcts have been playing a vital role in our iPhone, making us keep contact with others. However, there are some times when we're likely to loss them, just duing to wrong operation, failing iOS update, factory reset, etc. Of course, you still have the chance to retrieve those lost contacts if you have uploaded them onto iCloud beforehand. While, as you know, iCloud only allows you to restore the entire backup, not a specific file. If your iCloud backup file is created long time ago. Restoring your device with that backup file will erase all "new" content from the backup point. This is usually unacceptable!

Fortunately, download and install the best iPhone Data Recovery tool - iRefone for Mac. You're allowed to scan and preview the iCloud backup files at first and then recover the required contacts only from that backup files. Besides contacts, this excellent gadget also grants you to restore many other types of data including photos, calendars, text messages, notes, reminders, videos, etc from iTunes or iCloud backup selectively, or even from iPhone directly. If you want to get back deleted contacts from iPhone on Windows(Windows 8/8.1/10), please turn to iRefone. Now just follow me to see how to recover iPhone contacts from iCloud backup selectively with the help of iRefone for Mac.

How to Recover Deleted iPhone Contacts from iCloud Backup
Recovering contacts from iCloud is very easy if you backed up your iPhone to iCloud at least once or twice. It's recommended that you backup contacts as often as possible, especially if you tend to add lots of contacts on a regular basis.

Step 1. Sign in iCloud

Run iRefone and choose "Recover from iCloud Backup" as the recovery mode. Then you'll see the window below. Enter your iCloud account and password to login.



Step 2. Download and scan your iCloud backup

When you logged into iCloud, the program can find all iCloud backup files in your account. Choose the one where you're going to recover data and click on the "Download" button.



In the pop-up window, you can choose the type of files Contacts you would like to download. This will reduce the time of downloading the iCloud backup file. After that, you can scan the iCloud content now. Click on the "Next" button to begin. It will take you some time. Just wait for a moment.



Step 3. Start recover Contacts from iCloud Backup

The scan will be complete in a few minutes. Once it stops, you can either choose "Recover to Mac" or "Recover to Device" for transferring these recovered Contacts to your Macor directly back to your device.

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