How to Recover Recently Deleted Photos on Your iPhone

Photos are one of the most important files we keep on our phones, if not the most important. They help us to save the memories that we like to hold on to. But sometimes, photos get lost on our phones and we start looking for a way to get them back.

If you recently deleted a photo on your iPhone whether by mistake or intentionally and you want to get it back, there are easy ways you can do that.

We are going to explain 2 ways you can recover recently deleted photos on your iPhone.

2 Ways to Recover Recently Deleted Photos on iPhone

• Recover recently deleted photos on your iPhone with Photos App
• Recover recently deleted photos on your iPhone with iCloud

How to Recover Deleted Photos with Photos App

All photos taken with your iPhone by default are saved to an application known as Photos. Inside the Photos app are categorized albums, which include a Recently Deleted album.

Any picture you delete goes into this album and stays there for 30 days before it is permanently deleted. You can recover any deleted picture from this album within this period.

Here is how to recover deleted photos on the Photo app:

• Step 1 – Grab your iPhone and open the Photos app.
• Step 2 – Scroll down until you find the album titled Recently Deleted and tap to open it.
• Step 3 – You will see all the pictures you have deleted recently. Select the ones you want to recover.
• Step 4 – Tap Recover Photo and it will automatically return to the initial album.

How to Recover Deleted Photos with iCloud

Another way to recover deleted photos on iPhone is to use iCloud. If you cannot find the photos you’re looking for in the Recently Deleted album, it might be on the iCloud website. Chances are that you might still be able to recover them.

Here is how to recover deleted photos via Apple’s iCloud website:

• Step 1 – Go to icloud.com and sign in with your username and password.
• Step 2 – Go to the Photos app on the web page and open it.
• Step 3 – Look for the Recently Deleted folder and open it to see a list of recently deleted photos.
• Step 4 – Tap the photo you want to restore and click on Recover Photo. Your photo will be back in the original album and restored on your iPhone when it syncs with iCloud.