How to Restore Data from iCloud to iPhone 8, X, 11, 12, 13 & 14

“How do I restore my Data from iCloud?”

iPhone users won’t be unfamiliar with iCloud. Using an iCloud account, they are equipped with 5 GB of free storage space to keep their photos, voice memos, notes, contacts, and other important data synced between devices.

In addition, users who have upgraded the storage plan could use the space to back up their vital files. Once data loss or deletion happens, they could restore iPhone from the backup and get their data back.

But many users would prefer a method that can help them selectively choose data to get back since they have to restore the complete iCloud backup to retrieve deleted data from iPhone.

Don’t worry, this article offers detailed instructions to teach you how to restore data from iCloud to iPhone 8 & later versions, as well as better and easier solutions.

How to restore data from iCloud to iPhone 8

In this part, 2 common approaches to restore iPhone data from iCloud will be introduced.

1. Restore iPhone data from iCloud site

You could log into your iCloud account on your iPhone, as well as on the iCloud site.

By signing in to your Apple ID, you can access your data on iCloud.com, including photos, songs, notes, and so on. Here we take the contacts as an example. 

Follow the steps to restore deleted contacts on iPhone from iCloud.

Step 1. Sign in to your iCloud account. 

Step 2. Choose Account Settings to find your deleted files.

Step 3. Scroll down > go to Advanced > Restore Contacts. Files, Calendars, Reminders, and Bookmarks are also available in this options panel.

Thus, you could get the deleted and missing files, contacts, calendars, etc., back. But that’s all this solution can do.

2. Recover data from iCloud to iPhone 8 via iCloud backup

How to restore iPhone from iCloud? Except for the iCloud site, the iCloud backup will be feasible for you. You could perform a backup restore on your iPhone.

But like the methods to turn to the iCloud site, it also has its shortcomings – restoring from an iCloud backup will wipe the whole phone and reset the device.

Thus, the contents you have backed up after the backup file will be lost. If you want to flexibly get data back, this method is not suitable for you.

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If restoring from the iCloud backup failed, refer to the tutorial and fix it.

Step 1. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.

Step 2. Set up iPhone > connect to a WiFi > Apps & Data > Restore from iCloud Backup > sign in to iCloud account > choose the latest backup.

If your goal is to retrieve the accidentally deleted notes on iPhone, you still have 2 more steps to do. Please check the tutorial and make it easy.

Recover data from iPhone selectively without reset

As mentioned above, iCloud backup and iCloud site both have their defects. Trying to restore from iCloud backup is inconvenient and will delete current data, and the iCloud site could just help you find back only several types.

Compared to these inconvenient approaches, if you want to selectively and flexibly retrieve deleted data, it will be much more recommended to turn to professional iPhone data recovery apps.

MyRecover for iOS is your second-to-none option. This app could help you scan and detect the wanted data from your iPhone directly.

Step 1. Install this app on your PC > connect your iPhone to your PC.

Step 2. Click Scan Now to commence the scanning.

Step 3. Select the types you want to recover, e.g., Photos > choose the data you want > click Recover.

Related suggestions

How to restore data from iCloud to iPhone 8 has been introduced with several detailed methods.

You could either sign in to your iCloud account on the iCloud site to choose several types of data to restore; or, restore iPhone to a previous date and get the deleted data back.

For the sake of convenience and efficiency, using a professional iOS data rescue app is also a good and sagacious choice.