How do I recover a missing shared album and its photos/videos on iPhone?

hello, I created a shared album 1 month ago and uploaded all my photos and videos to it and after that I deleted the original copies from my device to free up storage space. This method worked successfully. I noticed that my storage space was decreasing. However, yesterday the shared album suddenly disappeared and is no longer visible in my Photos app. I didn’t delete the album or do anything that should have caused it to disappear, so I’m worried that I might have lost all my photos and videos. What should I do to recover my shared album and get my photos and videos back?

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Original Title: Share Album disappear

Posted on Oct 11, 2026 11:11 AM

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razmee209

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Oct 12, 2026 10:01 AM in response to jessaaxh

jessaaxh wrote:

hello, I created a shared album 1 month ago and uploaded all my photos and videos to it and after that I deleted the original copies from my device to free up storage space. This method worked successfully. I noticed that my storage space was decreasing. However, yesterday the shared album suddenly disappeared and is no longer visible in my Photos app. I didn’t delete the album or do anything that should have caused it to disappear, so I’m worried that I might have lost all my photos and videos. What should I do to recover my shared album and get my photos and videos back?

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Original Title: Share Album disappear

Your first mistake was deleting it from the photo app, pictures you put in an album points back to the original photos.

Those deleted pictures stay in the deleted folder for 30 days, that might be the reason why you thought it was working.

Only way to retrieve it is from your icloud/itunes backup if you have one.