Need to recover permanently deleted photos
Need to recover permanently deleted photos
Posted on Oct 21, 2026 4:09 AM
Need to recover permanently deleted photos
Posted on Oct 21, 2026 4:09 AM
Oct 21, 2026 5:00 AM in response to radhika243
Read this support article —> Delete photos on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support which notes, "If you want to permanently delete your photos or videos, you can remove them from the Recently Deleted album. When you delete a photo from this album, you can't get it back."
"Permanently" means "permanently", with no chance of recovery. If you kept them on a separate backup device then have a look there.
This post by ASC contributor Lawrence Finch includes a list of places you can check where you may still have copies of photos.
Recovery permanent deleted photos - Apple Community
Oct 21, 2026 4:16 AM in response to radhika243
If you've deleted them from the "Recently Deleted" folder then they are gone from iCloud and all your devices. Unless you've made backups somewhere then I'm afraid that your photos are gone for ever.
If you've sent any of them to people using messages or email then those might still be available on the relevant apps, but otherwise they are all gone.
If that's the case then I'm sorry. Now would be a good time to think about making backups of your photos and other data.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256380184