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How can I recover permanently deleted photos on my iPad?

I pernamently deleted a lot of photos that I wish I didn’t and I can’t find a way to recover them. Is there a way to do it without backup?

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 5:27 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2022 5:37 PM

If you do not backup your photos to iCloud and the photos are not in recently deleted; then no way to restore those photos. Not even apple support can restore them.


if you back up your photos to iCloud; then you should be able to go to photos - albums - scroll all the way down - and go to recently deleted and you can select what photos you want to restore.


even if you don’t back up to iCloud it’s still worth the time to check recently deleted.

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Mar 30, 2022 5:37 PM in response to Ava_1

If you do not backup your photos to iCloud and the photos are not in recently deleted; then no way to restore those photos. Not even apple support can restore them.


if you back up your photos to iCloud; then you should be able to go to photos - albums - scroll all the way down - and go to recently deleted and you can select what photos you want to restore.


even if you don’t back up to iCloud it’s still worth the time to check recently deleted.

How can I recover permanently deleted photos on my iPad?

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