I literally don’t know how this happened but it did and now something’s I really wanted recovered are gone. I haven’t backed up my photos in ages so they’re not in iCloud so idk how to get them back. Is there any way???
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iPhone 13, iOS 18
You can see this:
If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support
Basically the above says to look in Recently Deleted and in Hidden. Be sure to check your Library thoroughly-- the pictures may not be where you expect, as dates may have changed. You can use the search field with the date or location. And remember, you can sort the Library by date captured or by date added.
If you use iCloud Photos, you can look at Photos in iCloud.com. But they've probably already been deleted there, since Photos keeps iCloud Photos exactly the same as Photos on you phone.
If you don't use iCloud Photos, but you have Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data from the last 30 days or so at iCloud.com, but you would need to look at the date of the backup to be sure it's from before you lost the images. You should look here:
View and manage iCloud device backups - Apple Support
This requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup.
If you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look.
You can see this:
If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support
Basically the above says to look in Recently Deleted and in Hidden. Be sure to check your Library thoroughly-- the pictures may not be where you expect, as dates may have changed. You can use the search field with the date or location. And remember, you can sort the Library by date captured or by date added.
If you use iCloud Photos, you can look at Photos in iCloud.com. But they've probably already been deleted there, since Photos keeps iCloud Photos exactly the same as Photos on you phone.
If you don't use iCloud Photos, but you have Settings>Apple ID>iCloud Backup turned on, then you may be able to recover data from the last 30 days or so at iCloud.com, but you would need to look at the date of the backup to be sure it's from before you lost the images. You should look here:
View and manage iCloud device backups - Apple Support
This requires you to erase everything on your phone and replace it with the backup.
If you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look.
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