How to View Contacts on iCloud from a Computer

Your iPhone can sync a number of different things from the device to your iCloud account. This includes your contacts.

Use these steps to view your iPhone contacts in iCloud on a computer.

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Touch your Apple ID.
  3. Select iCloud.
  4. Tap the button to the right of Contacts.
  5. Scroll down and choose iCloud Backup.
  6. Touch the Back Up Now button.
  7. Open your Web browser and go to https://www.icloud.com.
  8. Enter your Apple ID and password to sign in.
  9. Click the Contacts icon to view your contacts.

Our article continues below with additional information and pictures for these steps.

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Additionally, by taking advantage of iCloud to sync certain app to the cloud, you can also view some of your phone information through the iCloud website.

Among the apps that you can sync is the Contacts app, meaning that you can access and view your iPhone contacts from a different device through a Web browser.

Our guide below will show you how to sync iPhone contacts to iCloud and view them on a computer.

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How to View iPhone iCloud Contacts on a Computer

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 11 in iOS 13.6.1. I am using the Google Chrome desktop Web browser on a Windows 10 computer.

Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

open Settings

Step 2: Select your Apple ID at the top of the menu.

select your Apple ID

Step 3: Choose the iCloud option.

choose the iCloud option

Step 4: Tap the button to the right of Contacts so that there is green shading around the button.

sync iPhone contacts to iCloud

Step 5: Scroll down and touch the iCloud Backup option.

select iCloud Backup

Step 6: Make sure that iCloud Backup is turned on, then tap the Back Up Now button. It may take a few minutes for the backup to complete.

create a backup

Step 7: Open a Web browser on your computer and go to https://www.icloud.com.

Step 8: Enter your Apple ID and password to sign into your account.

sign into iCloud on your computer

Step 9: Select the Contacts option to view your contacts.

how to view iCloud contacts on your computer

Note that you only get 5 GB of iCloud storage for free. If your iCloud backup is too large then you may need to sign up for one of the plans that provides additional iCloud storage.

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