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Hi, I took a photo last night and it was deleted recently and I even deleted it from the gallery. It does not exist in my iCloud and can you tell me what to do?

My deleted photos (recently deleted and deleted) are not in Ecloud either. I took the photos last night. What should I do? I really need them.

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 12:21 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2022 9:56 AM

If you delete a photo from an iPhone and also delete it from Recently Deleted, there is no option to recover it.


iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.




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Mar 16, 2022 9:56 AM in response to SabaSheikhan

If you delete a photo from an iPhone and also delete it from Recently Deleted, there is no option to recover it.


iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.




Hi, I took a photo last night and it was deleted recently and I even deleted it from the gallery. It does not exist in my iCloud and can you tell me what to do?

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