How to Recover Recently Deleted iOS Photos
Tap the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad., Scroll through the photo albums until you find one titled Recently Deleted., Tap on the Recently Deleted album to open it., View the photos’ or videos’ remaining days until permanently deleted., Recover...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Tap the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
The photo albums stored in your mobile device will be displayed. -
Step 2: Scroll through the photo albums until you find one titled Recently Deleted.
Recently Deleted is a system folder.
Every iOS system will have it
- it cannot be deleted. , You will see all your recently deleted photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad here.
Photos and videos under the Recently Deleted album are the ones you’ve recently deleted over the last 40 days.
They are kept here until such time, before they’re permanently deleted. , Each of the photos and videos under the Recently Deleted album has a timer showing the remaining days before its permanent deletion.
These timers are found on the bottom part of the thumbnails.
After the photos are deleted from their original albums, they stay in the Recently Deleted album for about 40 days. , You can recover individual photos or videos or recover them in a batch.
Recover photos individually.
Tap on a photo or video to view it.
Tap the “Recover” button on the lower right corner of the bottom toolbar, and the photo or video will be removed from the Recently Deleted album and will be brought back to its original location.
Recover by batch.
Tap on the “Select” button on the upper right corner of the header toolbar then tap on the photos and videos you want to recover.
They will be marked by a blue checkmark on the lower right corner of their thumbnails.
Tap on the “Recover” button on the upper left corner of the header toolbar.
The photos and videos will be removed from the Recently Deleted album and will be transferred back to their original locations. , Tap on the “Albums” button on the upper left corner of the header toolbar, and you will be brought back to the Albums screen.
Tap on an album name to see the recovered photos and videos back in their original location. -
Step 3: Tap on the Recently Deleted album to open it.
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Step 4: View the photos’ or videos’ remaining days until permanently deleted.
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Step 5: Recover photos or videos.
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Step 6: View the recovered photos.
Detailed Guide
The photo albums stored in your mobile device will be displayed.
Recently Deleted is a system folder.
Every iOS system will have it
- it cannot be deleted. , You will see all your recently deleted photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad here.
Photos and videos under the Recently Deleted album are the ones you’ve recently deleted over the last 40 days.
They are kept here until such time, before they’re permanently deleted. , Each of the photos and videos under the Recently Deleted album has a timer showing the remaining days before its permanent deletion.
These timers are found on the bottom part of the thumbnails.
After the photos are deleted from their original albums, they stay in the Recently Deleted album for about 40 days. , You can recover individual photos or videos or recover them in a batch.
Recover photos individually.
Tap on a photo or video to view it.
Tap the “Recover” button on the lower right corner of the bottom toolbar, and the photo or video will be removed from the Recently Deleted album and will be brought back to its original location.
Recover by batch.
Tap on the “Select” button on the upper right corner of the header toolbar then tap on the photos and videos you want to recover.
They will be marked by a blue checkmark on the lower right corner of their thumbnails.
Tap on the “Recover” button on the upper left corner of the header toolbar.
The photos and videos will be removed from the Recently Deleted album and will be transferred back to their original locations. , Tap on the “Albums” button on the upper left corner of the header toolbar, and you will be brought back to the Albums screen.
Tap on an album name to see the recovered photos and videos back in their original location.
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