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How to pull or extract contacts from iphone backup on PC?
My kids deleted a couple of contacts from my iPhone and I am unable to find them from iCloud. Fortunately, I have an activate iPhone backup with iTunes on my PC. But itunes does not allow me to view ...
To free extract contacts from iPhone backup on your PC, you can use free tools that allow you to access and export contacts without purchasing any software. Here's a step-by-step guide:
Method 1: Using iPhone Backup Extractor
- Download iBackup Viewer
- Launch the program and open your iPhone backup.
- Find the Contacts section.
- Select contacts to export.
- Save/export as vCard or CSV.
Method 2: Manual Extraction via CSV or vCard
To extract contacts from iPhone backup If your backup contains a database file (.sqlite), you can:
- Use free SQLite viewers to open the file.
- Extract contact info from the database.