Restore deleted photos on iPhone after iCloud backup erased them

I don't think an automatic iCloud backup would have replaced the photos on your iPhone. The important distinction is between iCloud Photos and iCloud Backup.

If you had iCloud Photos turned on, your iPhone and iCloud were being synced rather than iCloud simply keeping a separate backup copy. That means when you deleted the photos from iCloud on your PC, those deletions would eventually sync back to the iPhone as well. An iCloud Backup doesn't normally restore an older photo library over the current one. Photos already synced with iCloud Photos aren't included in the normal iCloud Backup.

Before trying any third-party recovery software, I'd check these places:

• Photos > Recently Deleted on the iPhone.
• iCloud.com > Photos > Recently Deleted.
• Your PC's folder where you downloaded the photos — make absolutely sure the downloaded originals are still there and open correctly.
• Any other computer, external drive, Windows Photos/iCloud Photos folder, or backup you may have used.
• Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos and confirm whether iCloud Photos is currently enabled.

If the deletions happened within the last 30 days, Recently Deleted is your best and safest recovery option. Apple normally keeps deleted iCloud Photos there for 30 days. There is one important catch: if your iCloud storage was already over its limit, Apple says deleted photos may be removed immediately rather than being recoverable from Recently Deleted.

I would not install random recovery programs from sites such as Taptweak or similar sites yet. They aren't necessary to determine what happened, and some recovery software can make promises that aren't realistic.

If the photos aren't in Recently Deleted and the originals aren't on the PC, the next question is whether you have an older iPhone/computer backup from before the photos disappeared. Don't erase or restore the iPhone yet,

If you delete from iCloud, then those same pictures will be deleted from every connected device. Cloud is a synchronization service, and its purpose is to allow you to access your Photos Library from any connected device, trusting that what you do there will be done everywhere. iCloud is not a backup service. The important part of a backup is that it doesn't change, but iCloud immediately copies every change. This is why, when you delete a picture at iCloud Photos, you see this:

You can see this:

         If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app

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. 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.

Repeating from earlier in this thread that you must have missed when reading the thread before posting:

There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?

• iCloud photo sync (go to http://icloud.com/photos and log in with your Apple ID to see any synced photos)
• Manual iCloud backup, only if you don’t sync photos to iCloud
• Automatic nightly iCloud backup
• iTunes backup
• Transfer your photos and videos to your computer via USB cable
• emailed, texted or messaged the items to friends or family
• Sync to Google Photos
• Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
• Sync to Dropbox
• Sync to box.com
• Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
• Sync to Amazon Photos
• back up to Livedrive
• Backup to any other backup or archiving service
• Transfer them to a Flash drive through the lightning port on your iPhone, using a product such as SanDisk 64 GB iXpand Flash Drive Go - Apple

A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore

Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

Repeating from earlier in this thread:

There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?

• iCloud photo sync (go to http://icloud.com/photos and log in with your Apple ID to see any synced photos)
• Manual iCloud backup, only if you don’t sync photos to iCloud
• Automatic nightly iCloud backup
• iTunes backup
• Transfer your photos and videos to your computer via USB cable
• emailed, texted or messaged the items to friends or family
• Sync to Google Photos
• Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
• Sync to Dropbox
• Sync to box.com
• Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
• Sync to Amazon Photos
• back up to Livedrive
• Backup to any other backup or archiving service
• Transfer them to a Flash drive through the lightning port on your iPhone, using a product such as SanDisk 64 GB iXpand Flash Drive Go - Apple

A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore

Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

atti65 wrote:

delete photo recover and video

Your options are limited to what is found here, unless you saved them in another location yourself.

How to recover deleted photos on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro - Apple Support

supun132 wrote:

I recently permanently deleted photos from my iPhone. Is there a way to recover them?

To be clear, you opened Photos, deleted them, then opened Recently Deleted and deleted them from there?

There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?

• iCloud photo sync (go to http://icloud.com/photos and log in with your Apple ID to see any synced photos)
• Manual iCloud backup, only if you don’t sync photos to iCloud
• Automatic nightly iCloud backup
• iTunes backup
• Transfer your photos and videos to your computer via USB cable
• emailed, texted or messaged the items to friends or family
• Sync to Google Photos
• Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
• Sync to Dropbox
• Sync to box.com
• Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
• Sync to Amazon Photos
• back up to Livedrive
• Backup to any other backup or archiving service
• Transfer them to a Flash drive through the lightning port on your iPhone, using a product such as SanDisk 64 GB iXpand Flash Drive Go - Apple

A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore

Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?

• iCloud photo sync (go to http://icloud.com/photos and log in with your Apple ID to see any synced photos)
• Manual iCloud backup, only if you don’t sync photos to iCloud
• Automatic nightly iCloud backup
• iTunes backup
• Transfer your photos and videos to your computer via USB cable
• emailed, texted or messaged the items to friends or family
• Sync to Google Photos
• Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
• Sync to Dropbox
• Sync to box.com
• Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
• Sync to Amazon Photos
• back up to Livedrive
• Backup to any other backup or archiving service
• Transfer them to a Flash drive through the lightning port on your iPhone, using a product such as SanDisk 64 GB iXpand Flash Drive Go - Apple

A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore

Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

Fai_0o0 wrote:

I wanna get back pictures and videos that I deleted from my recently deleted

Sorry, but the only way those are recovered is if you saved them in another location as a backup.

When not using iCloud Photos, the photos are saved in an iCloud backup, but if there was a backup after you deleted the photos then that backup would overwrite the previous one and you would no longer be able to restore from that backup to recover the photos. When using iCloud Photos, they are not saved in the Backup at all.

"Permanently" deleted means they are no longer there. You would have had to save them in another location yourself or had an archived backup when not using iCloud Photos.

When you delete a photo, it will go into the Recently Deleted album for 30 days in case you change your mind. That is the last resort you have and deleting them from that album before that time means you want them permanently deleted and that is exactly what will happen. Apple even provides a warning on the screen when you attempt to delete them before the 30 days.

Repeating from earlier in this thread:

There are many ways of preserving photos and videos. Did you do any of these?

• iCloud photo sync (go to http://icloud.com/photos and log in with your Apple ID to see any synced photos)
• Manual iCloud backup, only if you don’t sync photos to iCloud
• Automatic nightly iCloud backup
• iTunes backup
• Transfer your photos and videos to your computer via USB cable
• emailed, texted or messaged the items to friends or family
• Sync to Google Photos
• Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
• Sync to Dropbox
• Sync to box.com
• Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
• Sync to Amazon Photos
• back up to Livedrive
• Backup to any other backup or archiving service
• Transfer them to a Flash drive through the lightning port on your iPhone, using a product such as SanDisk 64 GB iXpand Flash Drive Go - Apple

A final option is if you synced your photos to iCloud, you have a Mac, and you use Time Machine to back up your Mac automatically, you can open Time Machine and restore the photo library to an earlier date. To do this on your Mac open Finder, then click on Pictures in the sidebar and launch Time Machine. Go to a time before the photos were deleted and restore

Photos Library.photoslibrary. (If you had ever changed the name of the photo library restore that file instead).

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

LukeGo wrote:

can u restore my deleted photos in recently deleted? i need them back bc it is important

If they were deleted less than 30 days ago they will be in the Recently Deleted album and you can undelete them.

“I want to restore all my deleted photos on my iCloud”

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Troubleshooting Lost Photos and Videos:

Loss of data is something you would have agreed to upon opening an Apple Account. So, if the following does not work, then they are gone. That's just the way it is :(

Four Tactics to Try:

A. Start here: If you're Missing Photos or Videos in the Photos app - Apple Support

B. Check iCloud, Directly:

For Photos: Go here, and see if they reside in iCloud: https://www.icloud.com/photos

C. Restore your iPhone from a Backup:

Have any backups of this iPhone prior to this occurrence? If so, restore your iPhone from one that has these photos (the most recent backup, ideally). If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always back up your device for recovery purposes. Important: Back up you iPhone prior to performing this restoration, should anything go wrong from here on out.

D. Where Else to Check:

1. PC
2. PDA
3. eMail
4. Mac Device
5. Cloud Storage
6. Android Phone
7. USB Flash Drive
8. External Hard drive
9. Secure Digital Card
10. Compact Flash Card

Re: “I want back up my photos permanently deleted”

You cannot back up permanently deleted photos, unless you already have copies outside of the system.

Permanently means permanently, and backups must be made before catastrophe happens. Afterwards is too late.

Assanheliphaz wrote:

i wants all my deleted photos

Your last chance to recover them resides in your Recently Deleted album for 30 days in case you change your mind. If it has been longer than 30 days or you chose to permanently delete them from that album before that time, then they are gone. You would need to have saved them in another location yourself as a backup. It really is that simple.

alokozai wrote:

How I bring back my deleted photos 2 years ago

You would have needed to save them in another location yourself as a backup. They are only saved in the Recently Deleted album for 30 days in case you change your mind after deleting them.