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by Yuri on February . 17, 2017 | NO COMMENT

How to Get Your Contacts from iCloud Quickly – with 2 Simple Ways

Do you know how to get contacts from iCloud without time consuming? We will give you 2 time saving solutions to get contacts from iCloud.

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For some reasons like iOS updates failure, factory resetting or mistaken deletion, your contacts on iPhone may disappear. If you have made a backup to iCloud, you can get them from iCloud backup to your iPhone via merging with iCloud directly. However, this will cause useless information also getting back like many contacts duplicates. What if you only want to get the contacts you exactly need from iCloud backup?

iCloud has no ability to let you selectively get your desired contacts from its backup. And then you need a comprehensive contacts recovery tool, like Primo iPhone Data Recovery to get your contacts from iCloud without the whole contacts recovery on your iPhone.

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Brief Introduction to Primo iPhone Data Recovery

Developed as an effective iOS data extracting and recovery tool, Primo iPhone Data Recovery can help you get iOS data from iCloud backup in a hassle-free way.

1. Supports getting contacts from iCloud without removing any original data on your devices. All your existing data will be safe during the process.

2. Allows previewing and selecting the contacts as you desire before exporting them, which means more flexibility for you to manage contacts.

3. It can also help you get lost contacts from iTunes backup or even from device directly. Whether you have made backup or not, it’s easy to get your iOS data back.

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How to Get Contacts from iCloud via Merging with iCloud

iCloud has the power to get contacts from your iCloud backup if you have made a backup before contacts missing. In this part, we will introduce the detailed steps to get contacts from iCloud back on iPhone via merging.

Launch the Settings app on your iPhone > Tap on iCloud > Turn On the option for Contacts (Note: if it's already on, turn it off and then back on again to trigger a re-download. When asked what to do with existing contacts, choose the Delete option.) > Launch the Contacts app or the Phone app and verify your contacts are all there.

How to Get Contacts from iCloud on iPhone Directly

How to Get Contacts from iCloud on iPhone Directly

The method above can help you get all contacts back on iPhone, but it cannot support to selectively get contacts from iCloud backup. If you only want to recover the desired contacts from your iCloud backup, check the next part to get a user-friendly method to complete this.

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How to Get Contacts from iCloud Backup via Primo iPhone Data Recovery

Step 1. Download and install Primo iPhone Data Recovery to your computer and select Recover from iCloud. Click Next to continue.

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 1

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 1

Step 2. Log into iCloud with your Apple ID and password. Click blue arrow to scan your iCloud data and download the right one of your device.

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 2

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 2

Step 3. All data in your iCloud backup like contacts will show up after scanning. You can select and view them in details and then click Recover button to continue.

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 3

How to Get Contacts from iCloud Selectively – Step 3

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The Bottom Line

With these two methods in the post, you may have already get contacts from iCloud in few minutes. However, as you can see, Primo iPhone Data Recovery has the priority to recover your contacts from the iCloud backup, since it has the flexible features that you can choose what you need to recover quickly. Download Primo iPhone Data Recovery and try it now> >

Yuri A young but experienced iPhone Pro Tip editor at @PrimoSync, also a hiking lover for couple years. Enthused by sharing daily tips on all Apple related topics.

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