User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hello I need help with my icloud. I accidentally deleted my pictures from my phone and they are stored on icloud but I don’t want that. Can you help me to return them to my device ?
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Original Title: iCloud issue
Posted on Oct 12, 2026 4:14 PM
User level: Level 7 (25,466 points)Oct 13, 2026 7:37 AM in response to yuriy106
yuriy106 wrote: … I accidentally deleted my pictures from my phone and they are stored on icloud but I don’t want that. Can you help me to return them to my device ?
iCloud Photos is a mirror of Photos on your phone. So when you delete pictures on the phone, they are immediately deleted at iCloud.com. So I don't think that I understand what you're saying. Do you see you "deleted" pictures when you sign in to iCloud.com? This would only happen if you had turned off iCloud on your phone.
Of course, "deleted" pictures really go to Recently Deleted, where they can be retrieved for up to 30 days. Recently Deleted at iCloud.com is also a mirror of what's on the phone. So if pictures are prematurely erased from Recently Deleted on the phone, then they are quickly removed from iCloud.com, as well.
If you did turn off iCloud syncing, and if you sign in to iCloud.com with Safari and go to Photos, and if you do see your pictures there, then you can download them using the download icon
that you see on the menu.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256375120