Can I recover deleted photos after trading in my old iPhone?

I got a new iPhone and had to trade in my old phone as part of the deal. Before trading the old phone in, I deleted a bunch of photos and apps (I also deleted them from the recently deleted bin). As it turns out, those photos also got deleted on my new phone and are now apparently gone forever?



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Posted on May 26, 2025 9:58 PM

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May 27, 2025 8:35 AM in response to Ryan7413

For future reference, Apple publishes instructions on how you should have cleaned photos (and other data) from your phone:

What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


I'm sorry to say that it doesn't help you now. As muguy said, you will have to rely on your own backups, as iCloud Photos will have propagated the item deletions to the new phone. (That is its job.)

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