I bought an icloud photo subscription, uploaded all photos and videos, turned on sync and deleted all the camera roll from my phone, and icloud photo was synchronized with my phone, help me get all my photos and videos back, I've been storing them for 5 years! please help me, I also deleted them from the recently deleted ones
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iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 17
If you have deleted them from the "Recently Deleted" folder. You will be unable to recover your deleted data. And this is working as expected. It seems we have a misunderstanding of how iCloud functions. iCloud is not an extended storage service. It is primarily a "Sync Service". Meaning it wants to replicate your device across all devices. For example: If you have 100 photos on your phone, you will have 100 photos on iCloud (If iCloud Photos is turned on). If you delete a photo, you now have 99 photos on your phone and 99 photos on iCloud.
This is a great feature. Think about it like this. My son when he was young would take 100 photos of a blank wall because kids are kids and do silly things. I would have to delete them. If something happened to my phone and I needed to get a new one, I would not want to have to go back and delete 1000 photos of a blank wall. iCloud will sync the device to the way my old phone was.
For more information:
-What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support
-Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
-What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support
You deleted them. You can only recover from your backups that you keep elsewhere.
How can I recover deleted iCloud photos and videos from my iPhone?
