Can Contacts Be Recovered After They Have Been Deleted?

Learn how to see when and by whom a Contact was deleted, as well as how to undelete them.

Recovering a Contact that has been deleted by mistake or otherwise can be done by creating a Custom Report.

In the Reports tab located at the top of your account, click on the three dots next to "My Saved Reports" and select Create Activity Report from the menu of options.
Select the Add Filter tab and choose "System Activity" from the dropdown menu.
Click in the "Select Activity Type(s)" field and choose "Contact Deleted" from the options.
Once you locate the name of the Contact (found under the "Parent Workflow" column) click on their name to view the record.
A red banner with a blue button will appear at the top of the Contact's page. Click Undelete to restore the record.

What happens to associated files:

Photos, Documents, and financial documents (i.e. Estimates and Invoices) will reappear with the Contact when it is undeleted.
Any associated tasks will no longer be related to the Contact after it has been undeleted, but the task itself will still remain in the system.
Related Contacts of the deleted Contact will be removed as "related", even after undeleting the Contact; you will need to manually relate the records again.