You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

💡 Did you know?

⏺ If you can't accept iCloud Terms and Conditions... Learn more >

⏺ If you don't see your iCloud notes in the Notes app... Learn more >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Lost iPhone photos

i need help! I lost thousands of my iPhone photos and I’m unable to retrieve them using iCloud. I’m pretty sure there’s another way.

please help!! ☹️

Posted on Feb 9, 2020 7:23 AM

Reply
6 replies

Feb 9, 2020 7:29 AM in response to SarahSh

Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos?

  • iCloud photo sync (check by logging in to https://icloud.com from a computer and click on Photos)
  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Enabled Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service


If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

Lost iPhone photos

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.