4 Easy Ways to Restore Lost Contacts from iPad

 Many people are in the habit of storing phone numbers, contacts on iPad at present, as they want to save their iPhone's storage. But if one day you find the contacts and other information are lost for no reason, what can you do to bring them back? Well, in the subsequent context, you will learn the top 4 methods to recover lost contacts on the iPad.

Way 1: Sync contacts from other iOS devices via iCloud

The first way is that you can check on these devices and recover your deleted contacts on the iPad. You might be wondering why this way may work. Because most people will turn on the iCloud and it will automatically sync some data including the contact among all iOS devices. This does not take too much time and you can give it a try.

Step 1: Click the Settings button.

Step 2: Tap iCloud.

Step 3: Input your iCloud username and password respectively.

Step 4: Hit sign in. (ensure your contacts is switched on)

Step 5: Click the Merge button.

Way 2: Restore from iCloud backup

Apart from the first method,  if you have a backup on iCloud, then directly restoring lost contacts from iCloud backup can also be a good choice, which doesn't need other devices, You can try the following steps.

Step 1: Tap the general in settings of the iPad.

Step 2: Hit Erase All Content and Settings in the Reset tab.

Step 3: Click Erase again and your iPad will get restarted.

Step 4: Go through the Apps and Data.

Step 5: Choose Restore from iCloud backup and log in your account.

Step 6: Select the contact to recover.

Way 3: Restore from iTunes Backup

Similarly, restoring from iTunes backup may also do the trick. If you already have a backup on iTunes, this method can also help you to bring your deleted contact back. Related procedures are as presented below.

Step 1: Open iTunes and connect your iPad and to the computer with a USB cable. (input the password to trust computer if there is a need.)

Step 2: Tap the iPad icon and choose your device.

Step 3: Hit Restore Backup and select the contact lost on iPad you want to recover.

Step 4: Click the Restore button to get the process started.

Way 4: Use iOS data recovery programs

However, many people don't tend to back up their files including contacts on iPad. But it doesn't matter, as there is another perfect attempt to retrieve your lost iPad contacts. That is using professional iOS data recovery software likeTunesKit iPad Data Recovery. This tool can recover diverse kinds of data including contacts, messages, etc.

Try the procedures below to restore deleted contacts on the iPad with this smart iPad data recovery tool.

Step 1: Connect iPad to the computer.  Open the TunesKit iOS Data Recovery program on your computer and make your iPad with the computer connected. Then choose "Recover from iDevice" from the top column. Click trust to the computer and enter the needed password, if it is the first time for you to use the program to recover data.

Step 2: Scan and preview. After the device and different files appear on the interface, scan the categories on the right column. Then click the Scan button below and the program will begin scanning. At this time, you will see the percentage it is scanning.

Step 3: Select and recover. Then all files scanned will be shown on the left. Before you click the Recover button, you can preview the deleted contacts on your iPad from the "Contacts" column. After that, the software will start to bring your data back. Besides, you can set the formats of output files on the left corner.

Tip

You had better keep a backup of your contacts on iPad if you are unwilling to unexpectedly delete or lose them again. Finally, we hope this guide can help you to restore lost iPad contacts.