New Trash feature in Google Contacts
July 16, 2020
The Google Contacts app will now have a trash feature similar to the Trash in Gmail. Now, when you delete a contact, it will go into Trash, where it will stay for 30 days before being permanently deleted. In that time, you can view, restore, or permanently delete the contact. Trash will contain contacts deleted on any device—web, Android, iOS, and more—but you can only view and manage Trash on the web (external link) . Trash makes it much easier for users to recover contacts they've accidentally deleted.
You can find the Trash in Google Contacts if you scroll down the left side menu while in the Google Contacts app.