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How to Restore Google Contacts

February 10, 2024 by admin Category: How To

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Google contacts can be restored if you accidentally delete or change them. To do this, you need to sign in to your Google account, access your contact list, select a recovery and recovery stage. You should then create a backup of your contacts just in case. Google can only restore contact data for the past 30 days, so if you wait too long after changing it, there’s a chance the contacts won’t be able to successfully restore. [1] X Research Source

Table of Contents

  • Steps
    • Restore Google Contacts
    • Publish backup
    • Import backup
  • Advice
  • Warning

Steps

Restore Google Contacts

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Go to Google Contacts and sign in with your Google Account. Enter your email address and password and then click “Sign in”. You will be taken to your account’s contacts profile.

  • You can also access this page by logging into Gmail and selecting “Contacts” from within the “Gmail” menu in the upper left corner.
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Click “Restore Contacts”. This option is listed in the left sidebar, a window will pop up for you to choose the recovery time.

  • If this option does not appear, click “More” in the left sidebar to expand the menu. This menu is expanded by default.
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Select the recovery time from the list. You need to select the time before the contacts were changed (for example, if the contacts were changed yesterday, you need to choose a restore time of at least 2 days ago).

  • You can restore from a custom time if you don’t want to use the default options, but the maximum limit is 30 days or earlier.
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Click “Restore”. This button is at the bottom of the recovery window and will return the contacts to the state at the recovery stage you selected.

Publish backup

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Go to Google Contacts and sign in with your Google Account. Enter your email address and password and click “Sign in”. You will be taken to your account’s contacts profile.
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Click “Export”. This button is listed in the left sidebar.

  • The export usually doesn’t support the Google Contacts preview (enabled by default), you will automatically be redirected to the old version of Google Contacts.
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Open the “More” menu and select “Export”. This menu is located just below the search bar. The export window will pop up.
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Select export settings. By default, the “Export All” option is selected. You can also choose to export only certain groups or contacts.

  • To export only specific contacts, you need to check the checkboxes next to the name of each contact you want to export before selecting the “Export” option from the menu.
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Select the format you want for the contacts file. Google CSV is a file format for importing into other Google accounts (this is the best choice for Google account backups). You can also choose Outlook CSV or vCard if you regularly use Microsoft or Apple products.
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Click “Export”. The save dialog box will appear.
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Choose where to save and then click “Save”. The backup file along with your Google contacts will be saved to the location you choose.

Import backup

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Go to Google Contacts and sign in with your Google Account. Enter your email address and password and click “Sign in”. You will be taken to your account’s contacts profile.
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Click “Import…”. This button is in the left sidebar and opens the input source selection window.
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Click “Choose File”. A new window will open for you to browse for the contact file that you created when exporting the previous data.
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Select the contact file and then click “Open”. The file will appear in the import window.
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    Click “Import”. The contacts from the file will be imported into the Google contact list.
  • Advice

    • Save the contacts export file in a safe place, such as an external backup drive.
    • Currently, the process of restoring contacts cannot be done through the mobile application, but must be done on the website.
    • You should export your contacts file periodically if you regularly update your contact list.
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    Warning

    • Even if you choose a custom period, Google can only back up contact information for the past 30 days. You need to do so within this time frame, or create a backup yourself before the data is lost forever.
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    Google contacts can be restored if you accidentally delete or change them. To do this, you need to sign in to your Google account, access your contact list, select a recovery and recovery stage. You should then create a backup of your contacts just in case. Google can only restore contact data for the past 30 days, so if you wait too long after changing it, there’s a chance the contacts won’t be able to successfully restore. [1] X Research Source

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