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How do I retrieve photos that I permanently deleted on iphone/cloud 2 months ago

2 months ago my son deleted our photos taken over Nov - Jan. When I tried to retrieve these they are now not showing in the 'deleted mailbox' as I am guessing they are now older than 30days deleted and now listed as permanently deleted.... I urgently want to get them back. Who do I email to help do this as I understand they will still be stored somewhere in the cloud with Apple??


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Gareth

iPhone 4s, iOS 9

Posted on Mar 3, 2021 1:29 PM

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Posted on Mar 3, 2021 2:10 PM

gjo27 wrote:

2 months ago my son deleted our photos taken over Nov - Jan. When I tried to retrieve these they are now not showing in the 'deleted mailbox' as I am guessing they are now older than 30days deleted and now listed as permanently deleted.... I urgently want to get them back. Who do I email to help do this as I understand they will still be stored somewhere in the cloud with Apple??

Thanks

Gareth

You would've have to backed it up prior to it being deleted either to your computer, thumb drive or cd as outlined in this link Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support

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Mar 3, 2021 2:10 PM in response to gjo27

gjo27 wrote:

2 months ago my son deleted our photos taken over Nov - Jan. When I tried to retrieve these they are now not showing in the 'deleted mailbox' as I am guessing they are now older than 30days deleted and now listed as permanently deleted.... I urgently want to get them back. Who do I email to help do this as I understand they will still be stored somewhere in the cloud with Apple??

Thanks

Gareth

You would've have to backed it up prior to it being deleted either to your computer, thumb drive or cd as outlined in this link Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support

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