Recovering Photos from lost phone

Hi, I just want to ask if there is any way I can recover my photos from my lost phone but unfortunately due to full storage icloud, the files were not backed up. Please help thank you

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Jun 26, 2025 08:52 AM

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Jun 26, 2025 10:48 AM in response to AnneBuendia

Expanding a bit on what Mac Jim ID said, If you don't use iCloud Photos, but you did have Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data from the last 30 days or so, but you would need to look at the date of the backup to be sure it's from before you lost the images. You should look here:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support 

This what you do when you buy a new phone, so this backup, if you have it, requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup.


If you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look.

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