I deleted some photos from my iPhone in hope that it will stay in iCloud. Now after 2 months when I signed in on icloud.com I see that all of my photos are gone. Those photos were from 2015 and I couldn't find any of the photos. Please help me out with this problem as they were around 2000-3000 of them. I lost all of my memories and I am so desperate to have them back
iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 15
No. If you used iCloud photos, the photos are not included in your device backup. iCloud is a sync service so anything that you do to a photo on your device will also be reflected in iCloud. Those photos from your device are long gone. You can restore from your backup copies.
If iCloud Photo is enabled on your iPhone and you delete one or more photos, then that action will be synced with iCloud. Deleted images are stored for 30 days. After 30 days, it is deleted completely and cannot be restored.
You can read more about iCloud Photos here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264
From the link:
What happens when you edit or delete photos
Your photos and videos are stored in iCloud in their original formats at full resolution. This includes HEIF, JPEG, RAW, PNG, GIF, TIFF, HEVC, and MP4 as well as special formats you capture with your iPhone or iPad, like slo-mo, time-lapse, 4K videos, and Live Photos. The photos and videos you capture with these devices are in HEIF and HEVC format.
When you edit or delete photos or videos, it's reflected across all of your devices.
they all are very important photos and videos and I want them back, I can even pay to get them back.
I backed up my iPhone with iCloud, so if there any chance to get the photos back from the backup I made?
If you have an iCloud Backup from the time your photos were on your iPhone, then there is maybe an option. You can even look in the backup and see if the Photos app contains a lot of GB. If so, then there is a good chance your photos can be found there.
Go to: Settings -> Apple ID (Your Name) -> iCloud -> Manage Storage.
Look for Backup and find it where the pictures are in.
You can read here how to restore from a backup:
I understand. But after they are deleted and 30 days have passed, it is not possible to recover them. It is also a security for the user that their photos are actually deleted if they want them deleted. I wish I had some advice that could help you.
Deleted photos
