Fix Saved Contacts Not Showing in iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11 on iOS 16, 15

  • Refresh contacts app on iCloud settings and Select Groups in contacts and select all iCloud and gmail.
  • Turn on contacts in iCloud settings and sign out of apple id and sign back in and also turn off dial assist as check contacts app.

On your iPhone if you have saved contacts on your iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, x, XR or any other iPhone and when you go to contacts app or search or saved contacts not showing up on iPhone when calling on iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, x, xr then you can easily get rid of this issue contacts not showing or saved contacts not showing or whatsapp contacts not showing on iPhone or any other issue with contacts on iPhone easily. So, let’s see in detail below.

Fix Saved Contacts Not Showing in iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11 on iOS 16, 15

Sometimes, when you save contacts on your iphone then you need to refresh or wait for sometime or just simply restart your iPhone and your saved contact will reflect and it will show on your iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, x, xr or any iPhone with any iOS 16, 15, 14 etc and you can also experience issues in contacts app like contacts search not working on iPhone when searching.

Fix Saved Contacts Not Showing in iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, x, xr

Below iPhone troubleshooting guide will help you get rid of saved contacts not showing on iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, x, xr or any iOS 16, 15, 14 easily.

Enable or Select Groups in Contacts

  • Open Contacts app on iPhone
  • Tap on Groups option on top left side.
  • Select All iCloud, Gmail and iCloud and Tap on Done on top right corner.

That’s it, once you select all groups here, then your contacts will start showing on your iPhone which are already saved on your iPhone.

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Refresh iCloud Contacts

  • Open settings -> Tap on your name (apple id).
  • Tap on iCloud -> Turn off contacts
  • Tap on Keep on My iPhone and wait for a few minutes.
  • Now, turn on contacts and tap merge in pop up box.

Now, go ahead and restart your iPhone and your saved contacts will start showing up on your iPhone contacts app and you can easily make calls from your contacts on iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11 etc.

Enable Contacts on iCloud and Gmail

  • Open Settings
  • Tap on Contacts
  • Tap on Accounts
  • Tap on iCloud and Again tap on iCloud
  • Select the button next to Contacts and turn it on by toggle the button next to it.
  • Now, go back and tap on Gmail and enable contacts from Gmail and turn on contacts from gmail.

That’s it, once you tap on gmail and icloud contacts all your saved contacts on your gmail and icloud will appear on your contacts app on iPhone.

Sign out of Apple iD and Sign in

Sometimes, due to login into multiple times or changing apple id may cause this issue, so go ahead and sign out of apple id and sign in again.

  • Open settings app on iPhone
  • Tap on your Apple ID
  • Now, scroll down and tap on singout.
  • Enter your Apple id password and select don’t keep a copy of Data and review the settings here accordingly.
  • Tap on Sign out option on top right and confirm signout in pop up box.
  • Now, go ahead and login to your apple id account and check contacts app.

Once you sign out of apple id and login again then your issue of saved contacts not showing on iPhone or iPhone not showing contacts issue will be resolved.

Reboot your iPhone

  • Press and hold volume up button and side button and wait for the slide to power off option to appears
  • Now,  drag the slider -> slide to power off and wait for your iPhone to restart.

That’s it, once you reboot your iPhone then your saved contacts not showing issue will be fixed successfully.

Why are my contacts showing up as numbers on my iPhone

If you have not enable syncing in icloud contacts or gmail contacts or if you have enabled dial assist on your iPhone or if contacts are hidden in groups on iphone contacts app then yout contacts app will not show on your iPhone.

Why does my iPhone texts show numbers instead of names?

This is due to the contacts are not saved or not synced from icloud or Gmail or if you have turned of contacts in icloud then you will see number instead of names on messages or whatsapp etc.

Why have I lost my contact names on WhatsApp?

If you have turned off syncing contacts on icloud or account sync is off then you wont see contacts app on iPhone and you have not lost them but you have just not synced contacts on iPhone and you need to turn on syncing on icloud and gmail.

FAQ

How do I resync my contacts from my iPhone?

Open settings -> Tap on Apple id and tap on iCloud and next to contacts turn off by toggling the button and then turn on contacts and your iPhone contacts will re-sync.

iPhone contacts not syncing with gmail

You need to go to settings -> Contacts -> Account -> Gmail account -> Turn on Contacts by toggling button next to it and your iPhone contacts will start syncing with gmail.

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Swathi
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