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Wollie33

Q: what happens to the photos after they are deleted off the phone?

so i deleted the photo stream photos from my phone, and thats what i wanted to do, but WHERE DID THEY GO??? i created an album, iphone photo cache, but the pictures arent there!!!!!

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on May 5, 2013 7:06 PM

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  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 May 5, 2013 7:17 PM in response to Wollie33
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    May 5, 2013 7:17 PM in response to Wollie33

    If you deleted them from your phone, they're gone.  You may still have the originals in your camera roll unless you deleted that copy too.

  • by Wollie33,

    Wollie33 Wollie33 May 5, 2013 7:24 PM in response to randers4
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    May 5, 2013 7:24 PM in response to randers4

    Why didnt it save them in the album i created! I thought thats what i was doing!

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 May 5, 2013 7:43 PM in response to Wollie33
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    May 5, 2013 7:43 PM in response to Wollie33

    Albums created from camera roll or photo stream don't have the actual photos.  They only contain links to the actual photos which are in your camera roll and photo stream album.  If you delete a "photo" from an album you only delete the link and the original photo is still there.  However, if you delete a photo from the photo stream or camera roll photo it deletes it everywhere.

     

    Albums are similar to a music playlists.  When you delete a song from your iTunes library, it is also deleted from the playlist as it is no longer in your library.  If you delete a "song" from a playlist, the original song is still in your music library.