How can I recover permanently deleted photos

Hello Angelique1366,

I'm sorry to hear about the situation with your photos. Let's see if we can recover them. When photos are deleted from an iPhone that's synced with iCloud, they are also removed from iCloud. However, there are a few steps we can try to recover them:

1. Check the Recently Deleted Album:

- Open the Photos app on your iPhone.

- Scroll down to find the "Recently Deleted" album.

- If your photos are there, you can select them and tap "Recover" to restore them to your main photo library.

- Keep in mind, photos stay in the Recently Deleted album for 30 days before they're permanently deleted.

2. Check iCloud.com:

- Sometimes, there's a delay in syncing, and your photos might still be available on iCloud.com.

- Go to iCloud.com on a web browser, log in with your Apple ID, and check the Photos section.

- If you find your photos there, you can download them to your computer.

3. Restore from an iCloud Backup:

- If you regularly back up your iPhone to iCloud, your photos might be in a previous backup.

- To restore from a backup, you'll need to erase your iPhone and set it up again, choosing to restore from an iCloud backup during the setup process.

- Be cautious with this method, as it will replace the data currently on your phone with the data from the backup.

4. Check Other Devices:

- If you have other devices (like an iPad or Mac) synced with the same iCloud account, check if the photos are still available on those devices.

5. Contact Apple Support:

- If none of these steps work, it might be helpful to contact Apple Support for further assistance.

In the future, to prevent accidental deletions, consider having a separate backup of your photos outside of iCloud, like on an external hard drive or a different cloud service.

I hope one of these solutions helps you recover your photos. If you need any further assistance, please feel free to ask.

Warm regards. BE.

Permanently deleted means precisely that.

Re old iCloud backups, they don’t exist unless you recently renamed your device.

That’s what syncing means. Anything that you do on one device reflects on all devices that you sync with iCloud.