
Hi, I’m using an iPhone XR running the latest iOS 12. I deleted my contacts by mistake and now I need a few of them. I never used iTunes or iCloud before. Is there an alternative method that I can use? Please help! Thanks in advance!
An accidental deletion is quite a common occurrence in our daily life. If you've synced your iPhone via iTunes or iCloud on your PC or Mac before losing your contacts, you can also recover your previous contacts by extracting the iTunes or iCloud backup. However, fortune is fickle. Sometimes you don’t have enough time to back important data up before the deletion. So is it possible to restore deleted contacts from iPhone XR without backup? To tell the truth, due to the special technology of iOS devices, it's not easy to retrieve erased contacts from the iPhone itself, but it's not impossible.
iFonebox is a professional iOS data recovery software that aimed to help you restore up to 17 file types like notes, text messages, safari bookmarks, phone numbers, calendar events, reminders, photos, videos, voice memos, WeChat data, WhatsApp data and many more.
Below are some features of the world’s best iOS data recovery tool:
- It provides three ways to restore lost data: recover from iOS device, recover from iTunes backup, recover from iCloud backup
- It’s exactly easy to operate and 100% safe
- It’s compatible with latest iPhone modes, including iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone XS Max
- The preview function enables you to view all the recoverable content before you purchase
- Selectively retrieve whatever you want from iTunes/iCloud backup without losing any existing data
It has two available versions: Windows version and Mac version, please make sure to download and install the correct version for your computer. Then you can follow the next steps to get missing contacts back from iPhone XR directly.
Step one: Launch iFonebox
Connect your iPhone XR to the computer, in this interface, you'll see “Next” in blue area, click it to continue. It’s necessary to enable the flight mode and keep the USB cable connected stable during the progress.

Step two: Scan data
It will scan automatically after you click the “Contacts” icon, the duration depends on the amount of your data so it might take your some time, please wait patiently.

Step three: Recover data
After the scan completes, a list of contacts will show up on your program interface. Just choose the items you want and click the “Recover to pc”.
