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How to recover deleted photos from iPhone?

Losing precious photos from your iPhone can feel traumatic. Sometimes, we accidentally delete photos while organizing the gallery or trying to free up storage.

If you have accidently deleted your photos or videos, don’t need to panic.

You can easily recover them from the Recently Deleted Folder, iCloud Backup, or iTunes.

You can also use third party iPhone recovery software that are designed to scan your device deeply and retrieve the lost photos.

Frustrated iPhone User

 Can You Recover Deleted Photos from an iPhone?

Have you deleted some photos from your iPhone and now want to recover some of these? Here are some easy and affordable ways to recover the recently deleted photos/videos from iPhone or iPad.

If you delete any photo or video from your iPhone, it will not be immediately deleted permanently.Your deleted photos go to the “Recently Deleted” folder, where you can access and restore them anytime within 30 days. After 30 days, photos will be deleted permanently and you can never access them.

In addition, if you keep your data stored in an iCloud or iTunes backup, then you can always access your photos and save them back to your phone.

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone (Step-by-Step Methods)

Fear of losing the irreplaceable memories of family, friends or vacations is stressful. If some of your important pictures have been deleted and you want to recover them, don’t be worried anymore. Here is a step-by-step guide for some simple methods to recover the photos or videos from the iPhone.

Recover from the “Recently Deleted” Folder

You can recover the deleted photos from the “Recently Deleted” folder within 30 days. Here are simple steps to follow:

Recently Deleted Folder on iPhone
  1. Open the “Photos” app.
  2. Swipe up and tap “ Recently Deleted”.
  3. Select the photos/videos you want to recover.
  4. Tap the option “ Recover” and then confirm to recover the photos or videos. The photos will be restored to Camera Roll.

Recover from an iCloud

Apart from the Photos app, you can also easily restore deleted photos/videos from iCloud. However, for this, your iCloud backup must be turned on so that your data continues to be saved there. Here is the method to recover photos from iCloud

iCloud Backup Concept
  1. Open “Photos” on iCloud.com.
  2. You’ll see your saved photos and videos here.
  3. Select the photos that you want to save on your phone and download them.

Recover from an iTunes/Finder Backup

If you want a backup from iTunes or Finder, follow these steps to retrieve your deleted photos.

iTunes Backup Recovery
  1. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
  2. Open iTunes or Finder.
  3. Select your device.
  4. Choose “Restore Backup” and wait for a process to complete.

This method will replace all your current data with backup data.

Use a Third-Party Recovery Tool

If you have permanently deleted your photos from your iPhone and now you want you recover them while you have no backup, you can use third party tools that are designed by some developers to recover the deleted photos from iPhone/iPad.

Third-Party Photo Recovery App in Action

You can use “Photos +” to recover your photos. Here is a step by step guide on how to use this tool.

  1. Search Taptweak.com on Google.
  2. Write “Photos +” in the search bar.
  3. Click and download “Photos +” on your IOS.
  4. Open the app.
  5. Tap on recovery. It will start scanning the deleted photos and Videos.
  6. Now, tap on “Recover”. All the video will be saved to your gallery.

Tips to Prevent Losing Photos in the Future

Are you looking for a way to protect your photos from loss in future?

Google Photos Backup Concept

There are a few ways you can create a backup of your photos so that if you ever change your device in the future or the photos are deleted, you can easily recover them.

  1. iPhones have iCloud, a backup of your photos will be created automatically when you enable iCloud. Even if you delete a photo or video from your phone, it will still be saved in your iCloud and you can always access it and download it back to your phone.
  2. You can create this backup on iTunes or Finder as well.
  3. You can also use Google Photos for additional backup.Like iCloud, Google Photos automatically saves images and you can download them again anytime.
  4. Also if you want your precious memories to be saved, avoid manually deleting photos unless necessary.

Conclusion:

If photos or videos are accidentally deleted from the iPhone, they can be recovered by following some methods.

These methods include recovery from Deleted Folder,  iCloud Backup, and iTunes or Finder.If data is deleted from the Recently Deleted folder as well and you don’t have a backup, you can use trust table third-party tools to recover your deleted data.

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