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Retrieving deleted photos after being deleted from recently deleted

I was clearing up some space in my phone and deleting multiple pictures. Without realizing I deleted some important pictures. Before I realized that they were selected I deleted everything from recently deleted as well. I’m just wondering if there’s any way to retrieve these from iCloud or anything?

Posted on Aug 8, 2023 7:05 AM

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Posted on Aug 21, 2024 9:56 PM

I want to Receive the photos that I have deleted instantly deleted

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Feb 26, 2025 10:48 AM in response to MrOlsen4

If you use iCloud Photos, go to Settings > [name on top], and scroll to the bottom to see the other devices signed into your account. Any one using those devices can delete photos in iCloud and will be removed from your phone.

Change your Apple Account password - Apple Support


If someone knows the Passcode to your phone, of course they can delete your photos too.

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Jan 19, 2025 3:53 PM in response to tigran16

tigran16 wrote:

i need my photos I deleted today accidentally please help me to get it back

Depends on a couple of factors:

  • They will remain in your Recently Deleted folder for 30 days in case you change your mind. If you delete them from that folder, you saw the warning that if you continue, they will be permanently removed from your device.
  • If you do not use iCloud Photos, then your photos are saved in the iCloud backup and you can restore from there unless there was not another backup performed after you deleted the photos, otherwise that backup will copy over the previous backup.
  • Without an iCloud backup or if you were using iCloud Photos and you also deleted them from the Recently Deleted folder, then they are gone for good, unless you have stored them to another location or synced them previously with a computer.
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Feb 16, 2025 5:36 AM in response to T26qegy

T26qegy wrote:

I need you to answer me


This is not a real-time chat. Nor is it a hotline to Apple.


Posting an off-topic to a thread, then making additional posts to "bump" the thread twice, within the space of two or three minutes (as shown by timestamps), is not helpful.


However,

  • If you deleted a photo that was "loose" in the filesystem (not kept within any photo application's database), see if it is in the Trash. The Trash is Finder's "safety net", similar to the "Recently Deleted" album in Photos.
  • If the photo is there, you can drag it out of the Trash to save it.
  • If the photo is not there, because you emptied the Trash, that implies that you emptied the Trash despite getting a warning that your data would be permanently deleted, and that you would not be able to get it back.
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