Locally saved photos disappear without deletion on iPhone

I use 2 phones and i have iCloud enabled. Before 1 month I observed all the photos which were locally saved on my phone have been disappeared. I haven’t deleted a single. I have contacted apple for this, but they are not able to address this issue. I am really disappointed with this. How photos can be disappeared without deleting?



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Original Title: There is very nasty bug in iphones, I lost around 2000 photos which were locally saved on my phone. Apple is not able to recover these photos.

iPhone 15, iOS 18

Posted on Jun 15, 2025 2:21 AM

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Posted on Jun 15, 2025 9:30 PM

The same photos disappeared from both phones, is that correct? That would be expected, since iCloud Photos would sync the deletions.


Possibility 1: Are these two iPhones the only devices connected to the same iCloud Photos library? Does anybody else have access to either of them or any other devices connected to that library who might have deleted those photos from those other devices connected to the same library?


Possibility 2: When you say "all the photos which were locally saved on my phone have been disappeared", what did you mean by "locally saved"? Were these photos pushed manually to your phones by wire from a computer before you enabled iCloud that disappeared at the time you enabled iCloud Photos? That is a specific instance that is known to cause loss of photos, but the Photos app should have warned you about it and Apple Support should have known about that explanation.

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Jun 15, 2025 9:30 PM in response to pankajmore999

The same photos disappeared from both phones, is that correct? That would be expected, since iCloud Photos would sync the deletions.


Possibility 1: Are these two iPhones the only devices connected to the same iCloud Photos library? Does anybody else have access to either of them or any other devices connected to that library who might have deleted those photos from those other devices connected to the same library?


Possibility 2: When you say "all the photos which were locally saved on my phone have been disappeared", what did you mean by "locally saved"? Were these photos pushed manually to your phones by wire from a computer before you enabled iCloud that disappeared at the time you enabled iCloud Photos? That is a specific instance that is known to cause loss of photos, but the Photos app should have warned you about it and Apple Support should have known about that explanation.

Jun 15, 2025 7:29 PM in response to Richard.Taylor

How photos can be disappeared without deleting? I asked the same question to Apple. But they have given excuses instead of solution. Apple advised to take backup of photos continuously, which is not possible. When I have sufficient storage available on phone and I am not deleting anything, the data should not be disappeared. But photos have been disappeared without my action which really is a big concern and loophole in iPhones.

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