A few days ago i noticed that some videos/photos disappeared from my gallery, i couldnt even find them in the deleted photos section. At this point, i thought they were uploaded on iCloud. Unfortunately, a part of those deleted photos werent on my iCloud (i dont know why), so my question is if anyone has ever faced this problem and if possible, how did you manage to get those photos back
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 18
I've never had pictures just disappear. Sometimes with a touch screen we can accidentally swipe the wrong thing. It's important to keep backups of our most important pictures and work. A great safety feature on the iPhone is that deleted pictures remain in the "Recently Deleted" view for 30 days before they are removed permanently. This safety feature can be defeated, though, by choosing to prematurely delete pictures from the "Recently Deleted" view. If you use iCloud Photos, then that "synchronizes" its Photos Library with the phone, so what you see on the phone is what is at iCloud. iCloud Photos doesn't keep pictures in "Recently Deleted" any longer than the phone does. So it's really important to look carefully at the Recently Deleted pictures before deleting them permanently. Unfortunately, there is no 2nd safety feature in case we didn't heed the warning for the first safety.
You can see this:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118558
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. Also, your Library view now has filters, and you may not have your filter set to "All Items.”
Unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look.
You can backup pictures to a computer or just save them to an external drive.
You can see this:
Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC
I've never had pictures just disappear. Sometimes with a touch screen we can accidentally swipe the wrong thing. It's important to keep backups of our most important pictures and work. A great safety feature on the iPhone is that deleted pictures remain in the "Recently Deleted" view for 30 days before they are removed permanently. This safety feature can be defeated, though, by choosing to prematurely delete pictures from the "Recently Deleted" view. If you use iCloud Photos, then that "synchronizes" its Photos Library with the phone, so what you see on the phone is what is at iCloud. iCloud Photos doesn't keep pictures in "Recently Deleted" any longer than the phone does. So it's really important to look carefully at the Recently Deleted pictures before deleting them permanently. Unfortunately, there is no 2nd safety feature in case we didn't heed the warning for the first safety.
You can see this:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118558
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. Also, your Library view now has filters, and you may not have your filter set to "All Items.”
Unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there really isn't any place else to look.
You can backup pictures to a computer or just save them to an external drive.
You can see this:
Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC
Iphone deleting photos by his own
