WhatsApp: Restore contacts - it's that easy

When you buy a new smartphone, you want to use WhatsApp as usual. In order for you to do that, it helps if you restore your contacts from WhatsApp to the new smartphone.

How restoring WhatsApp contacts works

This way not only works if you are using a new smartphone, but also if you accidentally deleted your contacts. Access is via troubleshooting, so go step by step:

• Unblock blocked contacts: it may happen that your contacts are blocked. To fix this, you need to change WhatsApp's privacy settings.
• Allow WhatsApp to access your contacts: you need to give WhatsApp permission for the app to access your contacts. Only then can they be displayed in WhatsApp.
• Update WhatsApp contacts: Sometimes there are problems with the automatic update process. In this case, you should manually update your contacts in WhatsApp to fix the problem.
• Synchronize contacts: In order for you to find all your contacts again, it makes sense if you synchronize WhatsApp with your smartphone.

If you have completely removed a contact from your address book, whether intentionally or unintentionally, then WhatsApp no longer has any way to access the contact data. In diesem Fall ist das Wiederherstellen der Kontakte nicht mehr möglich, sondern Sie müssen den Kontakt neu anlegen.