User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hello.
Six months ago, I deleted some photos from my phone (an iPhone 13), and unfortunately, I also deleted them from the trash. I’ve tried everything, but I haven’t been able to recover them. As a last resort, I’m reaching out to you. I need to get those deleted photos back—please help :) .
Posted on Sep 23, 2026 2:00 PM
User level: Level 10 (205,348 points)Sep 23, 2026 2:09 PM in response to _bengü
_bengü wrote:
Hello.
Six months ago, I deleted some photos from my phone (an iPhone 13), and unfortunately, I also deleted them from the trash. I’ve tried everything, but I haven’t been able to recover them. As a last resort, I’m reaching out to you. I need to get those deleted photos back—please help :) .
Those pics are mostly gone.
You have 30 days from deletion to recover it from the deleted folder.
The other option if you weren't syncing to the cloud, you could restore from your backup, but most likely now it's not included since it was 6 months ago.
User level: Level 4 (1,299 points)Sep 24, 2026 10:02 AM in response to razmee209
Do you have Time Machine enabled. Look in the Time Machine drive and see if the backups go more than 6 months. If they do you can restore your library (but keep both when asked if you want to replace the current library) and export the desired original photos from the old library and import into your current library.
If you have edits and added metadata, i.e. Title, Caption, etc., you can use the paid version of PowerPhotos to merge a folder with the desired photos from the old library into the new library and keep most of the metadata, etc.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256363694