I had someone access my phone remotely and remove photos from my phone and icloud. Can these be recovereda

Unbeknownst to me, my ex boyfriend had remote access to my phone, I believe through sharing. He had linked it to his MacBook Pro and was monitoring my phone. We got in a fight and he felt the need to remove precious text messages and photos of us from the phone as well as screen shots I took of conversations he was unsending. This happened two nights ago. They are gone from everything on my phone and iCloud including the recently deleted, and I was wondering if this was just lost forever or if it can be recovered.

iPhone 13, iOS 17

Posted on Feb 1, 2024 3:02 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2024 7:23 AM

He’s not remotely accessing your iPhone. However, because he knows your Apple ID and password he has access to your iCloud account. You have Messages and Photos syncing to iCloud and when you do any action you take from one device to iCloud it happens to everything.


Unfortunately if those deleted items are not in the recently deleted folder, you can’t get them back.


However, you can prevent him from doing this again by following If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support


when you follow these steps, make sure you change your password. Then you are going to look at all devices connected to your Apple ID and remove any that are not yours. By removing devices like his Mac, he won’t have access to do this again.




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Feb 2, 2024 7:23 AM in response to georgana97

He’s not remotely accessing your iPhone. However, because he knows your Apple ID and password he has access to your iCloud account. You have Messages and Photos syncing to iCloud and when you do any action you take from one device to iCloud it happens to everything.


Unfortunately if those deleted items are not in the recently deleted folder, you can’t get them back.


However, you can prevent him from doing this again by following If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support


when you follow these steps, make sure you change your password. Then you are going to look at all devices connected to your Apple ID and remove any that are not yours. By removing devices like his Mac, he won’t have access to do this again.




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