Q: Unknown Photos on my Phone

Do you have Photo Sharing turned on? Or did you by chance click on a message or email with photos?

With a shared album others that you allow can add photos. This article may help.

Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums - Apple Support

If your phone is not jailbroken (and I suspect it is not) and you did not accidentally download the photos, then you may have a corrupted system or app and would have to do a restore to fix.

First try holding down the Home and Wake/Sleep buttons at the same time for about 15 seconds until the Apple logo appears. You will not lose anything.

If a restart does not help try a System Restore. First backup your device using iTunes. Also import your photos to your computer and copy all important data if possible. Try restoring from backup first and testing it. If it does not help, you may have to restore as New and reconfigure from scratch as the backup could be corrupted. For this reason it is important to have your photos and data saved separately from the backup. Here are the steps for a Restore:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252

If the above steps do not help, you may have to have it tested at an Apple store.

Hi,

I would click on that shared "Family" album just for S**ts and giggles to see if they are in there. Whomever you are sharing that album with might have accidentally added them in that folder and it updated with this just recently so it shows at the bottom in your all photos. I know you said you didn't allow anyone to do this, but maybe the permission is there by mistake?

Just a thought.

Do you share your Apple ID/icloud account with anyone? If you are sure you don't change your Apple ID password immediately.

Diane Marinconz wrote:

I will try all those things but what do you mean by saving your photos and data separately?

What I meant by saving photos and data separately is to import the photos you do want to a computer and also copy any valuable documents so you will not lose them in case you have to restore as new. However if you suspect that your Apple ID has been compromised like Lawrence hinted above, you should follow the steps in this article:

If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support

You are welcome. Good luck.