iPhone – Fix Contacts Not Displayed When Searching

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I have an iPhone 6 with the newest iOS.
Today a friend sent me a text message. After a few hours I went into
my contacts and tried searching for him but nothing came up even though I have him in contacts (checked by going into the message and clicking view contact).

This has actually happened several times before, searching for some contacts doesn't yield any result or shows something different even though that contact exists.

Anyone had the experience with this?

Best Answer

This can happen if you're using iCloud and it gets out of sync. Go into Settings --> iCloud and turn off Contacts. It will ask if you want to delete the contacts on your iPhone or keep them. Choose to delete them from your iPhone.

Exit iCloud then go back into it. Turn Contacts back on and allow it to sync your contacts back to your iPhone. If everything worked ok, you should be able to find that person in your contacts again.

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