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Lost pictures 😭😭😭

I deleted most of my pictures that were uploaded to my gallery from iCloud when I was connected to a WiFi and now I can’t find them on my iCloud also 😭😭😭 these pictures are very important to me, can anybody help? 😭😭😭

Posted on Jan 13, 2022 5:35 PM

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Posted on Jan 13, 2022 7:43 PM

boluwaduro01 Said:

"Lost pictures : I deleted most of my pictures that were uploaded to my gallery from iCloud when I was connected to a WiFi and now I can’t find them on my iCloud also these pictures are very important to me, can anybody help?"

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Troubleshooting Lost Photos:


Four Tactics to Try:

A. Start here: If you're Missing Photos or Videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


B. Check iCloud, Directly:

For Photos: Go here, and see if they reside in iCloud: https://www.icloud.com/photos


C. Restore your iPhone from a Backup:

Have any backups of this iPhone prior to this occurrence? If so, restore your iPhone from one that has these photos (the most recent backup, ideally). If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always back up your device for recovery purposes. Important: Back up you iPhone prior to performing this restoration, should anything go wrong from here on out.


D. Where Else to Check:

  1. PC
  2. PDA
  3. eMail
  4. Mac Device
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Android Phone
  7. USB Flash Drive
  8. External Hard drive
  9. Secure Digital Card
  10. Compact Flash Card
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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jan 13, 2022 7:43 PM in response to boluwaduro01

boluwaduro01 Said:

"Lost pictures : I deleted most of my pictures that were uploaded to my gallery from iCloud when I was connected to a WiFi and now I can’t find them on my iCloud also these pictures are very important to me, can anybody help?"

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Troubleshooting Lost Photos:


Four Tactics to Try:

A. Start here: If you're Missing Photos or Videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


B. Check iCloud, Directly:

For Photos: Go here, and see if they reside in iCloud: https://www.icloud.com/photos


C. Restore your iPhone from a Backup:

Have any backups of this iPhone prior to this occurrence? If so, restore your iPhone from one that has these photos (the most recent backup, ideally). If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always back up your device for recovery purposes. Important: Back up you iPhone prior to performing this restoration, should anything go wrong from here on out.


D. Where Else to Check:

  1. PC
  2. PDA
  3. eMail
  4. Mac Device
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Android Phone
  7. USB Flash Drive
  8. External Hard drive
  9. Secure Digital Card
  10. Compact Flash Card

Jan 13, 2022 6:06 PM in response to boluwaduro01

iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.


You may be able to recover deleted photos from Recently Deleted -- see: Get help with iCloud Photos - Apple Support

Lost pictures 😭😭😭

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