Is it possible to recover permanently deleted photos from iPhone and iCloud?

Hello Apple Support,

I am writing to ask if there is any possibility of recovering photos that I permanently deleted from my iPhone, including from the Recently Deleted folder, approximately six months ago.

These photos are very important to me and have great personal value.

I understand that they may have been permanently deleted, but I would really appreciate it if you could check whether there is any possibility of restoring them from an iCloud backup or your systems.

I would be extremely grateful for any help or advice.

Thank you for your time and understanding.

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Posted on Oct 30, 2026 11:02 AM

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Richard.Taylor

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Oct 30, 2026 11:31 AM in response to dovydas54

We are not Apple Support; folks who read these posts are just users like you. Some of us hang around here from time to time in case our experience may help someone. Apple engineers don’t read the stuff, here.

We can tell you that there is no chance of recovering pictures that were deleted months ago. When you think about it, lots of people would be really angry to find out that private pictures that they had deleted were still floating around out there for people to find. (Thank you MrHoffman.)

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.