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How to recover permanently deleted photos from iCloud

How to recover permanently deleted photos from iCloud

Posted on Sep 5, 2019 7:20 PM

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Posted on Sep 6, 2019 1:41 PM

If you were syncing photos with iCloud when you deleted them and then emptied the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app, they are gone. If you weren't syncing photos with iCloud, restore them from a backup. Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

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Sep 6, 2019 1:41 PM in response to keyanna209

If you were syncing photos with iCloud when you deleted them and then emptied the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app, they are gone. If you weren't syncing photos with iCloud, restore them from a backup. Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup

How to recover permanently deleted photos from iCloud

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