Guides
How deleted photos work on an iPhone, where they can still be, and how to get them back.
- How to recover photos deleted from Recently Deleted on iPhoneEmptied Recently Deleted on your iPhone? The original is gone, but a preview copy often survives in the iPhone's image cache. What to check first, and how to get them back.
- How to recover deleted iPhone photos without a backupNo iCloud or computer backup? Where deleted iPhone photos can still be, step by step, and what no app can bring back.
- How long does Recently Deleted keep photos on iPhone?Recently Deleted keeps iPhone photos for about 30 days. How to find the album, recover photos from it, and what's left after it's emptied.
- Recover deleted iPhone photos on a Windows PCGet deleted iPhone photos back on Windows 10 or 11: what you need, how to connect the iPhone, and how to scan it for photos deleted for good.
- The iPhone image cache: where deleted photos still hideHow the iPhone's internal image cache (.ithmb) keeps preview copies of photos after they're deleted for good, and how a computer reads them back.