"How can I retrieve a contact I deleted from my Pixel device? I cannot find the number in my contact list, my backup, or my call history."
- From Reddit
Contacts are crucial to us, whether it's the phone numbers of family, friends, or colleagues. Losing them can cause a lot of inconvenience. What's worse is that Pixel users sometimes face situations where contacts suddenly disappear, leaving them feeling helpless.
But don't worry. In most cases, there's still a chance to recover those lost or deleted contacts. In this article, we'll walk you through all the possible methods to recover deleted contacts on Google Pixel, from professional recovery tools to Google's built-in backup and sync features, helping you choose the best solution based on your needs.
Why did my Google contacts disappear? Is there any way to recover deleted contacts on a Google Pixel? Before proceeding with the specific recovery solutions, you must be full of curiosity. This part will clear up your confusion.
1. What Causes Contacts to Disappear from Google Pixel?
The possible reasons why Google Pixel contacts disappeared are listed below:
2. Is It Possible to Recover Deleted Contacts from a Google Pixel?
Yes. There is a high chance that you can recover the deleted contacts on a Google Pixel. The fact is that whenever your Pixel contacts disappear, they are not immediately deleted from your phone forever. On the contrary, they will still exist in the device's unallocated folder until new data generates and takes up their space.
Thus, to successfully get back the deleted contacts, you must perform the Google Pixel data recovery process before new data overwrites them.
3. What to Do before Google Pixel Data Recovery?
To increase the likelihood of data recovery, you will need to:
If you forget to back up your Pixel contacts before data loss, you still get the chance to recover the deleted contacts on your Google Pixel. By using Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android, you can recover the deleted messages, contacts, music, photos, videos, call logs, and documents from the internal memory and SD card (if any) to a computer. Besides, you can also back up the existing data to the computer.
The highlights of Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android:
* Two recovery modes to recover the deleted data on an Android device without backup: Android Data Recovery and SD Card Recovery.
* Android Data Recovery mode allows you to recover the deleted music, videos, contacts, messages, call logs, photos, and documents from Android internal memory and SD card (if any) to a computer and back up the existing Android data to the computer.
* SD Card Recovery mode can recover the deleted photos, music, documents, and videos from an SD card to a computer and back up the current media files from the SD card to the PC.
* Preview all files on the Android phone and choose the desired files.
* Reliable, secure, and user-friendly to use.
* Fully compatible with Google Pixel 10 and other mainstream Android phones & tablets running Android 6 to Android 16 or up.
Follow the three simple steps to recover the deleted contacts on the Google Pixel.
01Launch the app after installing it on your computer.
02Use a USB cable to connect the Google Pixel to the PC. Then, enable the USB debugging on your phone as prompted and follow the on-screen instructions to continue.
03Once connected, choose the categories of files you want to recover. Here, we select Contacts and click Next to begin scanning.
04Choose Contacts from the left panel, preview and check the desired contacts, and tap the Recover button at the lower-right corner to start recovering the contacts to your computer for backup.
Video Guide
Coolmuster Android SMS + Contacts Recovery is a light-sized program to make the Google contacts recovery without backup. As its name shows, it mainly focuses on Android contacts and SMS recovery. If you get tired of the complex features of various third-party apps, you can use to fast recover deleted contacts from Google Pixel.
Key features:
* Selectively recover the deleted contacts and text messages from the Google Pixel internal memory and SIM card to a computer without backup.
* Back up the existing contacts and SMS to the computer in HTML or XML format without quality loss.
* Preview the contacts and SMS details before recovery, including the contact name, title, address, email, nationality, etc.
* Support all Google Pixel models and other Android brands with Android 6 to Android 16 or up, like Samsung, Huawei, Sony, Motorola, HTC, etc.
How to get deleted contacts back without backup via Android SMS + Contacts Recovery?
01Download and open the app on your computer.
02Connect the Pixel phone to the PC via a USB cable. After the connection, it will display the device data on the interface. Choose Contacts from the interface and tap Next to continue.
03Click Contacts from the left window, preview and tick the wanted contacts, and hit the Recover button below. The whole process only takes a few seconds.
Video Guide
If you have enabled the automatic contact syncing to your Google account and the backups contain the deleted contacts, you can restore deleted contacts from the Google backup.
How do I restore deleted contacts from Google?
Step 1. Go to Google Pixel's Settings, tap Google, and choose Set up & restore.
Step 2. Click the Restore contacts option and choose the backup file that includes the deleted contacts.
Step 3. Hit Restore.
Note: You can't restore the Google backup file from a higher Android version onto a lower Android version. Also, if you don't want to sync the contacts from the SIM card or phone storage, you can turn off the SIM card or Device storage option during the process.
If you have enabled contact sync between your Pixel phone and your Google account, you can still retrieve deleted contacts through Google Contacts. This service provides an "Undo changes" feature that allows you to restore your contacts to any state within the past 30 days.
Here's how to do it:
Step 1. On your computer or browser, go to Google Contacts and sign in with the same Google account linked to your Pixel phone.
Step 2. From the left-hand menu, click Trash to view recently deleted contacts. If you find the ones you need, select them and click Recover.
Step 3. If the contacts are not in the Trash, click Settings (gear icon) on the left, then choose Undo changes.
Step 4. In the pop-up window, select a restore point: 10 minutes ago, 1 hour ago, yesterday, 1 week ago, or a custom time, and confirm.
Step 5. Once restored, make sure contact sync is enabled on your Pixel phone. After a short while, the recovered contacts should reappear on your device.
Here are some things you need to know:
In a word, to recover deleted contacts on a Google Pixel, you should first avoid producing any new data on your Pixel phone and then use a reliable Google Pixel data recovery program to get the deleted contacts back. If you have synced the contacts to your Google account, you can restore the deleted contacts from Google backup.
However, if you have never backed up your device before or are unsure whether the backup contains the deleted contacts or not, don't hesitate to choose Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android or Coolmuster Android SMS + Contacts Recovery. Both of them are easy, fast, and user-friendly to use.
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