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If I’ve deleted the photos and went back in to delete them from the 30 day process before I they automatically deleted can I restore them ?

Needing to get deleted photos after Ive deleted from the phone and went back in and deleted from the app before it was the 30 days

Posted on Jul 21, 2021 11:49 AM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2021 11:50 AM

No, gone is gone.


Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos and videos?


  • emailed, texted or messaged the photos to friends or family
  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

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Jul 21, 2021 11:50 AM in response to HannahLanae1982

No, gone is gone.


Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos and videos?


  • emailed, texted or messaged the photos to friends or family
  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

If I’ve deleted the photos and went back in to delete them from the 30 day process before I they automatically deleted can I restore them ?

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