no photos on the phone

Hey, so all the photos I can find on my phone were deleted about 5 days ago. I thought it was a temporary glitch, but they're also missing from my recently deleted photos. What can I do to recover the lost photos I didn't delete?

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 4, 2025 9:18 AM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2025 9:22 AM

malwina16 wrote:

Hey, so all the photos I can find on my phone were deleted about 5 days ago. I thought it was a temporary glitch, but they're also missing from my recently deleted photos. What can I do to recover the lost photos I didn't delete?

Read here If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support (IE)

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Dec 4, 2025 9:22 AM in response to malwina16

malwina16 wrote:

Hey, so all the photos I can find on my phone were deleted about 5 days ago. I thought it was a temporary glitch, but they're also missing from my recently deleted photos. What can I do to recover the lost photos I didn't delete?

Read here If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support (IE)

Dec 8, 2025 4:17 PM in response to malwina16

malwina16 wrote:

There's nothing there. It doesn't work😭 my phone deleted these photos itself and they're nowhere to be found... why did that happen :((

if it was less than 30 days ago you can recover it from the delete folders, but feel like something else happen and you're not giving all the details, I have yet to lose a photo even the ones on my iphone 3G.

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