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How to get my delete photos back

How can I get my deleted pictures videos and text messages back

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 15, 2022 4:23 PM

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Posted on Jan 15, 2022 5:30 PM

Have you checked the Photos app and at iCloud.com/Photos using a browser for a Recently Deleted album? If you weren't syncing photos with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? 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 to see the contents and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    *


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsH_OWmRw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbp3gGTQygg


If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from?

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Jan 15, 2022 5:30 PM in response to finds1993

Have you checked the Photos app and at iCloud.com/Photos using a browser for a Recently Deleted album? If you weren't syncing photos with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from? 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 to see the contents and only restore certain files.


Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup.    *


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsH_OWmRw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbp3gGTQygg


If you were syncing Messages with iCloud and deleted them, they can't be recovered. If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, do you have a backup you can restore from?

How to get my delete photos back

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