How do i recover recently deleted photos on my iphone

• How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone
  • Solution #1: Recently Deleted Album
  • Solution #2: iCloud Photos
  • Solution #3: iPhone Backups
  • Solution #4: iPhone Recovery Software
  • Solution #5: Data Recovery Service
• FAQ
  • What is the best software to recover deleted photos from iPhone?
  • Can I recover deleted iPhone photos from a few months ago?
  • How do I recover deleted photos which were hidden on iPhone?

By following the instructions provided in this article, you can recover deleted photos from your iPhone by retrieving them from the Recently Deleted album, iCloud storage, iPhone backup, your iPhone’s internal storage, and more. The chance of at least one solution working is very high!

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• Recovering Deleted Photos from iPhone
• FAQ

For many people, the iPhone has replaced the point-and-shoot camera and, in some cases, even the mighty DSLR. No wonder then that the demand for iPhone photo recovery solutions and techniques has never been greater.

In this article, we present several solutions that you can use to recover permanently deleted photos from your iPhone. If you don’t know which one to choose, just look at the quick navigation table below and pick the solution that most closely fits your data loss situation.

Pro tip: If you’re missing important photos and are not sure how to get them back, stop messing with your iPhone and familiarize yourself with the recovery solutions and techniques described in this article first. The last thing you want is to make a careless mistake during recovery and permanently overwrite some or all deleted photos, making them unrecoverable.

How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone

Regardless of if you own iPhone 6, 7, 8, 9, X, 11, 12, or 13 there are several methods that you can try whenever you need to recover deleted photos (or videos).

Solution #1: Recently Deleted Album

As such, you have plenty of time to follow the steps below and restore them:

1. Open the Photos app.
2. Go to Albums and tap Recently Deleted in the Utilities section.
3. Tap the photo you want to undelete and tap Recover
   
4. Confirm that you want to recover the photo.

Pro tip: You can also recover multiple photos at once to save time. Unfortunately, there’s no way how to select all recently deleted photos with a single tap.

Solution #2: iCloud Photos

Here’s how to turn on iCloud Photos to see the photos you took with your iPhone on your other device:

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap iCloud > Photos.
3. Turn on iCloud Photos.
   

Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take a while before you see all your photos, so be patient and check the Photos app every few minutes.

Note: When setting up a brand-new iPhone for the first time, you can select the Restore from iCloud Backup option on the Set up your iPhone screen to restore all data and settings from an iCloud backup. You will be prompted to enter your iCloud credential and given the option to choose which backup you want to restore from. Pick the latest backup containing the missing photos and wait until your iPhone is ready.

Solution #3: iPhone Backups

To restore your deleted iPhone photos from a backup on your Mac:

1. Open Finder.
2. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
3. Select your iPhone when it appears in the Finder window.
4. Click Restore Backup and pick the most relevant backup available.
   
5. Click Restore and wait for the restore time to finish. Enter your password if asked.

If you’re on a Mac with macOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier, then you need to use iTunes instead of Finder, but the rest of the process is the same.

Your backups are located in the following folder:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
• Windows: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

Solution #4: iPhone Recovery Software

• Mac
• Windows

Just because you don’t have access to a Mac computer doesn’t mean that you can’t use iPhone recovery software to retrieve lost photos. Dr.Fone by Wondershare, for example, runs on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and offers full support for iOS 15, iOS 14, iOS 13, 12/12.3, iOS 11, iOS 10.3, iOS 10, iOS 9, and former.

Here’s what you need to do to get back inaccessible photos with its help:

1. Download Dr.Fone by Wondershare and install it on your Windows PC.
2. Connect your iPhone to your PC and tap Trust on your iPhone if asked whether you want to trust your computer.
3. Launch Dr.Fone on your computer and choose iOS data recovery.
   
4. Select the type of data you want to recover (Photos and App Photos) and click Start Scan.
   
5. Wait until the scan process is over and choose the photos you want to recover.
6. Click Restore to Device (you can also click Restore to Computer if you would rather access the restored photos from your Windows computer).
   

Solution #5: Data Recovery Service

Instead of attempting to repair the damage yourself by following instructional videos on YouTube and tutorials on websites like iFixit, it’s almost always much safer and faster to send the iPhone to a professional data recovery service center and let experienced technicians with expensive special equipment get your photos back for you.

Contrary to what many people believe, the cost of professional data recovery seldom exceeds a few hundred dollars, which is a fair price to pay for getting back irreplaceable photos of your family and friends.

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