How to recover accidentally deleted data on iPhone?

Someone had a game on my phone and entered the wrong password for the Family Network app. Then they turned off the phone and accidentally deleted the data. After that, a message appeared asking me to choose an additional backup on iCloud, and I enter



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Original Title: Data deleted on phone

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 21, 2025 12:38 PM

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Nov 21, 2025 12:43 PM in response to salama242

You should NEVER hand your phone over to someone to use. There's no telling what they did to your phone. But if the data has been deleted, then you'll need to restore the phone from the most recent backup you made, which I hope was recent.


See this --> Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


Please learn from this and never let anyone else use your phone.

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