Recovering deleted photos from erased iPhone without iCloud backup

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Recovering deleted photos from erased iPhone without iCloud backup

Hello Apple Support,

I accidentally erased my iPhone today using the “Erase iPhone” option from iCloud on another device. After that, all photos on the iPhone were deleted.

I did not enable iCloud Backup, but I hope the photos might still exist temporarily on iCloud servers or in a system snapshot.

Could you please help me check if there’s any possibility to recover my deleted photos?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Best regards,

Le Tran

le****83@gmail.com

03*****99

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Original Title: Hello Apple Support

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Nov 7, 2025 11:23 AM

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Nov 7, 2025 11:29 AM in response to Hakeo993

Sorry, but the photos are gone from your device and without an iCloud backup or using iCloud Photos to save them on Apple servers before the erase, there is no recovery option.

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Nov 7, 2025 11:37 AM in response to Hakeo993

Sorry, but if you didn't backup the photos anywhere, when you deleted the data off your device, they are gone and there is nowhere to get them back from. Backups MUST happen before something unfortunate happens. Why weren't you backing up your iPhone, when it's beyond simple and happens nightly when your phone is plugged in, connected to Wifi and iCloud Backup is turned on.

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