No old photos shown in resubscribed old shared album

I started with having a problem open up a new shared album which I end up turned off the shared album function without knowing all photos will be deleted after that action. I then turned the function back on, but shared album still empty.


A few days later, as I wanted to find old photos from one of those deleted shared albums, I asked my friend who is in those albums to invite me again into it. That action required her to delete me from the albums (which for some reason I was still on those albums’ participant list on my friend’s phone) And It didn’t work, I still couldn’t resubscribe those album.


So I tried turned off the shared album function again and turn it back on. Old albums started to pop up! But not the one album my friend deleted me from to resubscribe.


So I wonder if after unsubscribing an shared album / being deleted from it would not allow you to have those old photos back when you resubscribing it again?🤔 Now I’m not sure if it is only a delayed/ faulty reaction that those photos might show up again if I try to reboot the shared album function again.

iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 19, 2024 07:36 PM

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Dec 19, 2024 09:34 PM in response to Skye1223

Extracted from --> How to use Shared Albums in Photos on your iPhone, iPad and Mac - Apple Support (IN)


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Delete a shared album

  1. Open the shared album.
  2. Tap the More button. In iOS 17 or earlier, tap the People button.
  3. Tap Delete Album. 


When you delete a shared album, it will be removed automatically from all of your devices and the devices of your subscribers. If you've turned on Public Website, the shared album will be removed from the web too. Deleting a shared album will delete all of its photos permanently. Before continuing, make sure you save any photos you want to keep.


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