If you deleted an entry from your iPhone call history and do not have a backup from before it was deleted, iOS does not provide a Recently Deleted folder for calls. Apple’s documented recovery method is to restore the iPhone from a backup that contains the older call history.
Check what information is still available
- Open the Phone app and check the Calls or Recents view to make sure the entry is actually gone.
- If you need a record of an older incoming or outgoing call, sign in to your mobile carrier account or contact the carrier. Apple notes that a carrier may have more information about older or deleted calls.
- Check whether you have an iCloud or computer backup created before the call was deleted.
Can you recover it without a backup?
Not through a built-in iPhone recovery feature. Be cautious with software that promises guaranteed recovery of deleted call history directly from the phone. Modern iPhone storage and deletion behavior mean those claims may not match what can actually be recovered.
If you do have a suitable backup, restoring it is a much larger operation than restoring one call entry: the iPhone is returned to the state represented by that backup. Consider whether the missing call record is important enough to justify replacing newer device data, and make a current backup before making major changes.