How to Restore Deleted Google Contacts in Google Contacts

Accidentally deleting contacts is an inevitable mistake we all can sometimes make. Luckily, Google allows its users to restore their deleted Google contacts for up to 30 days. After this time, it is permanently deleted from the user’s Trash.

Do you need to restore contacts older than 30 days or need more security for your data? Then take a look at this article to see how you can keep a backup of your contacts, emails, and Drive.  

Time needed: 1 minute.

To restore some, or all your deleted Google contacts, follow these steps below:

  1. Access your Google Contacts and Click into the ‘Trash’ folder.


    Click into the 'Trash' folder to view all deleted google contacts.

  2. Once in the Trash folder, you may individually select the contacts you would like to retrieve like so, and then hit “Recover”


    individually select the contacts you would like to retrieve then hit 'recover'

  3. Or alternatively, you could select “All” contacts, and then “Recover”


    you could select "All" contacts, and then "Recover" to recover deleted google contacts

  4. Voila, all deleted contacts have been restored!


    All deleted google contacts are now restored

There you have it, so simple and such an important feature!