Recover WhatsApp Contacts from iPhone

“My WhatsApp is always stuck, so i deleted it and reinstall it on my iPhone, then i find all my WhatsApp contacts are missing. Is there a way i can recover WhatsApp contacts from iPhone?”

Recently, we received many requirements about how to recover WhatsApp contacts from iPhone, because many people are losing their WhatsApp contacts in different reasons. Like when doing updating iOS 10, when reinstalling WhatsApp ect. So we will list some ways about how to recover WhatsApp contacts from iPhone in this article.

Hope you can find one, which is suitable for you.

Recover WhatsApp contacts from iTunes Backup

When you have done backup in iTunes, you can recover WhatsApp contacts from it.

Step 1. Launching your iTunes, connect your iPhone with PC, go to Files--Summary.

Step 2. Then click “Restore from Backup” on the right page, confirm with “Restore”.

Remark: we couldn’t restore a part of the files, but complete folders.

Recover WhatsApp contacts from iCloud Backup

iCloud is very convenient for us to do backup, and many of us will do backup in iCloud. But the storage of iCloud is limited, when it’s full, we’ll couldn’t do backup in it.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--General--Erase all content and settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

Step 2. Swipe to begin setup progress, choose “Recover from backup”, then confirm with “Restore”.

Remark: It will need us to erase all content and settings before restoring.

Recover WhatsApp contacts from iPhone with iRefone

If you didn’t do any backup, or you have done backup, but don’t want to erase all content and settings before restoring, iRefone is your best choice.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery tool, it can recover your lost iPhone contacts, notes, messages, WhatsApp contacts, photos ect. Also it allows you to do it selectively and you can preview them before restoring. It’s 100% safe and with clear interface.

Now you can download and install the free trail version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC, choose “Recover from iOS Device”, click “Start”.



Step 2. When enter the new interface with many data files that iRefone can recover, click “WhatsApp contact” icon, and it’ll be scanned by software.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning and analyzing, then you can preview and choose the WhatsApp contacts you need. Tap on “Recover to PC”.

Then you’ll have your lost WhatsApp contacts back.