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Finding old photos

Can I find some of my old photos

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Romariojk wrote: Can I find some of my old photos

That's not enough information for us to be much help. If you mean that you deleted pictures, and you don't see them in Recently Deleted, then you need to look in backups that you have made or ask friends you might have sent copies too.


Unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look. To back up your pictures you can just plug in an external drive, select the pictures, and use Share>Save to Files. Alternatively, you can backup to a computer:

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC

If you haven't done one of those backups, then your remaining pictures continue to be in peril.