It is commonplace to save contacts on your Google accounts these days so that whether your device gets stolen or missing, you can easily recover it without having to pay any local backup fee. In the course of using this feature and making changes to your contacts, you may need to recover deleted or disappeared Google contacts on your android phone. Since the deleted contact is not available on your local device or memory, it gets a little confusing how one can recover deleted Google contacts. Read till the end to learn how to recover deleted phone contacts from google account as far as a month ago. Typically, contacts saved to your Google Account will sync with Google Contacts and all the Android devices you are signed in. Your Google contacts got deleted, what do you do? For you to effectively modify and recover deleted google contacts on Android, you need to download the Google contacts application on your phone. On your android phone, open your Gmail application where you are signed in to your account. Tap on the three horizontal lines left of the search bar > Navigate to Contacts (under Google apps) and tap on it. This will take you to the google play store to download the application. Once you have successfully downloaded the app, there are two ways to recover the deleted Google contacts from your Google drive. This method is very effective if you want to recover just one or two specific contacts out of all the Google contacts you may have deleted in the last thirty days.
Once this is done, the Google contacts will sync automatically and the contact will reappear in your Google contacts list and your default phone contacts application. The second method is more encompassing and it will undo any change you have made in a period of time. This means that if you set it to 2 weeks, it will undo any contact you saved to your google drive in the last two weeks, and also retrieve contacts you deleted within the period. This means that this method is best applied if you are sure that you have not saved any new contact to your Google drive within the period.
Your Google contacts list will be restored to the way it was before the selected time. All contacts saved during this period will be lost, and all contacts deleted during this period will be recovered. FAQS Can I restore Google contacts from a year ago? Unfortunately, this feature is not available on Google account at the moment. When you delete a contact, it goes to the trash folder in your Google contact and stays there for 30 days before it is deleted forever. Once it exceeds 30 days since you deleted the contact, you can no longer recover the deleted contact. Is it possible to recover deleted phone contacts from the google account? This is also not possible. The only contacts you can restore or recover from your Google drive are those contacts that were saved to the Google account. If you saved the phone contacts on your Android phone or on your mobile sim memory, your chances of recovering those contacts will depend on your phone having trash where deleted contacts go to. To make this possible, you can export all the contacts on your mobile number and phone memory to the Google account so that in the event of a lost or stolen phone, you can recover the contacts from Google drive when you get a new phone. How to export contacts to a Google account
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How to restore contacts from Google drive If your device got missing and was stolen, you will need to restore the contacts saved to your Google account when you get a new phone. Once you get a new Android phone, set it up and sign in to your Google account (the same account where you saved the contacts). Once you sign in and download the Google contacts app, it will sync automatically and your contacts will be restored to your phone from Google drive. If it does not sync automatically, you can do this;
Your phone avoids duplicates by only restoring contacts you do not already have on your device. Need Further Help? Contact Carlcare Whatever the issue is that you cannot handle, book a Carlcare service reservation, and we got you covered. Carlcare is the official after-sales service center for all Infinix, Tecno, Itel, Oraimo and Syinix brands. Carlcare provides support services in the form of professional repair and maintenance service ensuring that your phone is kept in optimal shape while you enjoy using it. You won’t find a better phone support service out there. Is there a way to retrieve deleted phone contacts?Solution 2 – Using Google Contacts website
On your computer, open the Google Contacts website and login using your Google account. Now, click on the 'Settings' icon at the top right corner. Click on 'Undo Changes' and select the restoration period.
Is there a way to recover deleted contacts on Android without backup?Use Google Contacts app to restore deleted contact numbers in a cellphone without a PC or Mac. Open Google Contacts app on your Android phone. Tap the icon shown with three horizontal lines and choose Settings. Scroll down to find and select Undo changes.
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