Backup and Restore Contacts

[EW800]

Hello,

Hoping a couple of you might be able to guide a less-knowledgeable iPhone user in the right direction.

I am using an iPhone 6 Plus. I am interested in wiping the device and basically starting over with a clean and fresh install. I believe I can figure out getting all photos to my PC and restoring only the apps that I want to keep using from the App Store. E-mail should be fine, as a use an Exchange account for work e-mail, so I assume that restores when I reload the Exchange e-mail account.

My biggest concern is roughly a thousand contacts or so. Although I want a pretty clean install, I do want all Contacts restored. Can anyone tell me what the best options are to back-up and restore my Contacts? If they are already backed up through iCloud, is it just a matter of just restoring them to the fresh install via iCloud, or do I need to back them up to my PC to do this?

Thank you so much!

 

[JayJohnPaul]

Since you've already backed up your contacts to iCloud then there's no reason for you to backup using a PC. They should sync back once you "restore from backup."

I also recommend downloading "My Contacts Backup" on the App Store as an alternative. All your contacts are backed up with a single tap and you could email them to yourself.

 

[EW800]

Since you've already backed up your contacts to iCloud then there's no reason for you to backup using a PC. They should sync back once you "restore from backup."

I also recommend downloading "My Contacts Backup" on the App Store as an alternative. All your contacts are backed up with a single tap and you could email them to yourself.

Thank you very much for recommending "My Contacts Backup"! I had not heard of it before and just gave it a try. It is excellent.

Thanks again!

 

[JayJohnPaul]

Thank you very much for recommending "My Contacts Backup"! I had not heard of it before and just gave it a try. It is excellent.

Thanks again!

You're welcome! It's indeed an excellent app, I use it all the time since I usually don't restore from backup when upgrading to a new iPhone.