permanent delete image
midhul257
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)I want permanently deleted image recovery
Posted on Oct 27, 2026 5:39 PM
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Mac Jim ID
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User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Oct 27, 2026 7:19 PM in response to midhul257
Photos/Videos remain in your Recently Deleted album for 30 days unless you delete them from that Album before that time. In either case they are completely removed from your device and no longer recoverable. It would be a huge privacy issue if Apple kept users images after they were instructed to delete them or beyond the 30 days Apple gives to recover them in case you change your mind.
Richard.Taylor
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User level: Level 7 (25,466 points)Oct 28, 2026 7:54 AM in response to midhul257
Perhaps you have shared your pictures with friends-- then you could get them to send copies back to you.
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.
Servant of Cats
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User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Oct 28, 2026 3:39 PM in response to midhul257
This is a duplicate of your other thread, which you started less than ten minutes earlier.
How to recover permanently deleted image … - Apple Community
Please do not start duplicate threads.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256384269