Recover deleted photos from iphone

  1. I have tried the several recovery tips to recover deleted iPhone photos. They don’t work on my iPhone. I just deleted them today so I am well under the 30 day limit. The tips say to click this or turn that off. I hate it when instructions are incorrect! Go to iCloud Photos and Click the Recently Deleted album in the sidebar. There is no sidebar and no Deleted Album anywhere! Another tip is Open the Photos app,Swipe up and tap Recently Deleted. I can’t swipe up in the photos app because that just scrolls all remaining photos. Where’s the recently deleted folder?!?!


iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 18, 2025 10:27 AM

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Jan 18, 2025 10:57 AM in response to BigNiangua

Here you can see the Recently Deleted album in the Sidebar of iCloud Photos.

I went to iCloud.com, signed in with my Apple ID, and chose Photos.


For your iPhone pictures to appear here, you must have iCloud Photos turned on in your iPhone. What you see at iCloud Photos is a mirror of what's in Photos on your iCloud connected iPhone.


The Recently Deleted view shows up only if there are pictures that have been recently deleted and which haven't been subsequently erased. If you deleted an image and then deleted it from Recently Deleted on your phone, then that picture is gone forever.


On the iPhone, as I remember iOS 16, the Recently Deleted album is in the Utilities Section. Utilities was at the bottom of the Albums window, I think. You may have to open the Utilities section to see the contained menus.


I found this from iOS17--probably similar.


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