"By old for new service, I put my iPhone 4 replacement for the iPhone 5S, it is originally a happy thing, because I've always wanted to have a better iPhone, however, since last week, all of my family and friends were received a fraud SMS, said I traffic accident happened, and need to bank transfer to the hospital to pay the cost of treatment and so on. Obviously this is not the true. Although I have already call the police, but I still don't understand, why all my contacts were being leaked, I'm sure I have deleted all of them and other personal information on my old iPhone 4, anyone who can tell me why? And, can I continue to use the current iPhone 5S? Is it safe?" This is the seek help from one of our customers.
"Hello, dear Sir, you can safely use your iPhone 5S, it is safe, the questions about your iPhone contacts leaking, we estimate that someone was using recovery software to restore your data from your iPhone 4, general deletion is not enough to completely remove data from your iPhone, if you want to permanently delete your iPhone data before you donate, resell, or trade it in, it is recommended to use some professional data wiping tools, we recommend that you use the iPhone Data Eraser or MobileTrans, I hope I can give to you a little help, thanks for your e-mail."
How to Delete Contacts on iPhone Permanently
| Methods 1. Permanent Delete iPhone Contacts with iPhone Data Eraser Methods 2. Permanent Delete iPhone Contacts with MobileTrans |
Notes: Nothing can be recovered after wiping your iPhone, even if using the iPhone Data Recovery, so please keep in mind that backup your iPhone before erasing your iPhone, you can use the iPhone Data Transfer, iTunes or iCloud to one-click backup your iPhone data including contacts, messages, call history, photos, videos, notes, Calendar, Safari Bookmarks and more, in order to restore them if want get them back.
Methods 1. Permanent Delete iPhone Contacts with iPhone Data Eraser
iPhone Data Eraser is a professional and reliable data erasing software that allows you to 1 Click ultimate privacy protection in order to prevent identity theft when disposing of your old iOS devices. With the help of this porgram, you can complete erase includes contacts, messages, photos, apps, account info, videos, passwords and other personal data stored on your iPhone and ensure that 100% nothing recoverable even if use the third party data recovery tool.
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Step 1: Install and launch the program on your computer, then connect your iPhone to PC with an Apple USB cable. Once your iPhone detected, you can see the primary window as below.
Step 2: Click "Erase All Data On Device" to enter the data erased interface, here there are three security levels provided to erase all data on your iPhone, after that click on the “Start” button to begin wiping your iPhone with a click.
Methods 2. Permanent Delete iPhone Contacts with MobileTrans
MobileTrans is an all-round data managment tool that not only can transfer data from phone to phone, backup and restore your phone data, but also allows you to one click permanent delete all data including contacts, photos, videos, messages, notes, Safari Bookmarks, Apple ID, and other personal informations on your old iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with easy.
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Step 1: Connect your iDevice to PC and choose the eraser mode
Install and Launch the program on your computer, and you can see the main interface as below, then connect your iDevices to PC by using an Apple USB cable. Click "Erase Your Old Phone" to enable the eraser mode.
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Step 2: Permanent delete all data on your iDevice
Now, you can erase all the data on your iPhone iPad o iPod touch by clicking the "Erase Now" button at the lower-right of window.
Notes: The whole wiping process will not spend too much of your time, just wait a moment, but please keep your iDevice connected during the wiping process, so as to completely remove all of your data.
