How to recover photos and videos after accidentally turning off iCloud sync on iPhone?

Dear all,

My sister accidentally turn off syncing icloud photos on my iphone, then most of my photos and videos which have been optimized are deleted 😭. I can’t find them in the app but still in icloud. Plz help me, is there anyway to make those photos and videos appear again in my photos app???


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Posted on Feb 10, 2026 8:11 AM

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Feb 10, 2026 8:21 AM in response to mycandy_123

mycandy_123 wrote: …turn off syncing icloud photos on my iphone, then most of my photos and videos which have been optimized are deleted 😭. I can’t find them in the app but still in icloud. Plz help me, is there anyway to make those photos and videos appear again in my photos app???

If they are in iCloud Photos, then turning iCloud back on will re-sync, and your pictures will re-appear on your phone. Pictures at iCloud Photos will not be bothered. If you have pictures in Recently Deleted or otherwise moved around, though, that will be mirrored at iCloud.com.


Really, an iPhone is very personal, and no one else (other than parents and spouses) should have access to it!



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