Disappearing photos from iPhone despite being in iCloud

A whole bunch of random photos on my phone just disappeared. They’re still in iCloud, but they’re not on my phone anymore. Is there anything that could cause this? Or any way to fix it?


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Original Title: Deleted Photos


Posted on Sep 2, 2025 12:09 PM

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Sep 2, 2025 01:10 PM in response to gracielynn192

If they are at iCloud.com, and if your phone is connected to iCloud.com, then those pictures are on the phone. Be sure to check Settings>[name]>iCloud>Photos to see if your phone is set to Sync.


It may be that they just aren't where you're looking. For instance, the Library can be sorted by Date Added, or by Date Captured, so they might not be with the pictures that you think they should be. You could try changing the sort order:

Also, you can see above that there is a Filter--changing the filter might give you a different view.


You should look in Hidden and in Recently Deleted, but unlikely that they'd be there, since that's not the place you see them in iCloud.


Let us know how it goes…

Disappearing photos from iPhone despite being in iCloud

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