Things about Google Contacts you Should Know

Part 1. How to Restore Google Contacts

If you accidentally or deliberately deleted some of your Google contacts and later realized the mistake, don’t worry, as there’s a way to restore them, provided you think of it within 30 days. Irrespective of how many contacts you delete, Google keeps a 30-day history of every contact in your address book. So, in case you mistakenly deleted a few contacts, all it takes is a few clicks to get them back.

Although easy, the process is somewhat blunt, as you can’t restore contacts selectively, but it restores every contact deleted within a set time period. Unless you went on a deleting spree, finding your desired contacts shouldn’t be terribly difficult.

Now, let’s answer the question of how to recover contacts from a Google account. For that, log in to your Google account on your smartphone or computer’s web browser, or whatever is accessible, and follow the steps in order:

Part 2. How to Add Contacts to Google Account

Transferring contacts every time you upgrade your old phone can often get messy and introduce fresh problems like transferring data, managing settings, and, importantly, transferring all the contacts. There are chances that you might lose your contacts forever if the transfer isn’t done right, if there’s a software glitch, or if the computer crashes in the middle of a transfer.

Well, these aren’t a problem if you save your contacts on your Google account. So whenever you purchase a new smartphone, just log in and save the contacts on it. Continue reading to find out how to add contacts to your Google account:

Part 3. How to Transfer Contacts from Google Account to Android Devices

Now that you’ve successfully added your contacts to the Google account, it's time to learn how to transfer them to Android devices. It comes in handy when switching to a new smartphone. To undergo transfer, log in to the Google account and allow auto-sync between Android and Google account. Here’s how to do it:

Note: The options might vary slightly from one Android to another, but the steps are generally the same.

Part 4. How to Restore Lost Contacts on Android

Syncing with Google works great for many users; chances are you’ll never lose contact as long as you remember the account credentials and can log into it. But what about the contacts you deleted more than 30 days ago, the phone is broken beyond repair, or a contact isn’t synced due to a poor internet connection?

In such a situation, you’ll need a reliable third-party app that recovers your data irrespective of how long back you lost it and how damaged your phone is. Amongst the available apps, Dr. Fone - Data Recovery (Android) is one of the most reliable, secure, and efficient data recovery apps out there. Some of its key features include:

• The software supports most data types, be it video, photo, audio, messages, call logs, contacts, browser data, and even WhatsApp chats and attachments.
• Irrespective of how bad the condition of your device is, the software performs an extensive data recovery to save your contacts and other data easily.
• It supports most Android devices available on the market. Besides, it’s compatible with other platforms like iOS, Windows, and MacOS.
• In addition to accessing and analyzing data from Android’s internal storage, it can scan its dedicated SD card and extract its data without any issues.
• Fone previews the data (here, contacts) so you can selectively recover data if needed.

So the question is, how to restore lost contacts on Android? Follow the step-wise process in the next section for that.

Steps to Restore Lost Contacts on Android

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