How to recover deleted photos on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

If we make a regular use of our iPhone or iPad to take pictures, it is most likely that later we like to see how the captures we have taken have been. On many occasions, after seeing the result, we usually proceed to delete those photographs that we did not like. On other occasions we are forced to have to delete photos and videos from our device Due to the lack of storage on our device, something that always causes us to lose an important photograph or video along the way. In these cases it is always advisable to delete the odd game that we can quickly reinstall when we get to our house instead of cleaning our reel. But it's not the only motive.

Why is it preferable to delete applications or games instead of photos?

Every time we delete a photograph or video that we have taken on our device, these elements they are not permanently deleted from our device until 30 days have passed. During this entire period of time, the images and videos that we have deleted are stored in a folder on our reel called Deleted.

Keep in mind that iOS only stores in this folder all the content that has been deleted in the last 30 days, more than enough time to be able to recover those photographs or videos that we thought we had lost or had accidentally deleted.

If we use the iCloud Photo Library, the service that allows us automatically store all iCloud library To access photos and videos from all our devices associated with the same account, we can also easily recover images and videos that we have previously deleted in the previous 30 days.

How to Recover Deleted Photos and Videos on iPhone or iPad

Recover previously deleted images or videos it is a very simple procedure that does not require great knowledge. Here we show you how to do it.

• First we go to the application Photos.
• Then click on the option Álbumes located at the bottom of the screen.
• Now we have to search for an album named Removed, where are all the photos and videos that have been deleted in the last thirty days.
• Once inside this album, we can see the images and videos that we have recently deleted. In each image and video we can see the remaining days that we need to be able to recover those images or photographs in question. The newest files are at the top while the oldest files are at the bottom.
• To recover a specific image or photograph, we just have to click on Select, located in the upper right corner, select all the files that we want to recover and finally press about Recover option, located in the lower right corner.
• Once all the recovered files, pictures or videos have been recovered, they will meet again in the album Reel, from where they had been eliminated.

Recover all contents of deleted folder

If instead of recovering lost photos or videos one by one, we want to recover all stored content that we have removed We must go to the Deleted album and click on Edit. Then we should not select any image or video, we just have to click on the option that appears at the bottom and that is called Recover all. All deleted images and videos will be available again in the Camera Roll album.

Recover Deleted Pictures from iCloud Photo Library

If we have activated the iCloud Photo Library, the photos that we delete from our reel will be located within the deleted elements of our Photo Library, so we will only have to go to the Deleted folder to retrieve them again.

Delete synced photos

On many occasions if we are fans of photography and want to keep each and every one classified in different albums, we can synchronize them from our Mac or PC to always have them at hand on our iPhone, iPad. o iPod Touch If we want to delete any of these photographs, we must do so directly in the folder on our Mac or PC where they are stored. Once they have been deleted, we must synchronize those albums again so that they are automatically deleted from our device.

Quickly obtain space on our device by deleting photos and videos

As I have mentioned before every time we delete an image or video from our device, we do not automatically recover space in itInstead, all that content is moved directly to the Deleted folder for 30 days so that it can be recovered before that time elapses.

But if we need to quickly recover space on our device and we no longer have photos or videos to delete, we must proceed to delete all content from the album Deleted to be able to recover all the space they are occupying.

How to Recover Photos from iPhone without Backup

From Actualidad iPhone always we recommend backing up regularly in order to prevent us from losing all the photos and videos that we have stored on our device. If we do not have the iCloud Photo Library activated, nor My photos in streaming, it is practically impossible to recover any type of information that we have stored in it.

If we do not usually connect our iPhone or iPad to the computer, it is most likely that we do not have backup copies on our PC or Mac to be able to have a copy of all the content of our iPhone or iPad if for whatever reason we lose all the content of the same. If despite the risk we suffer we still do not make backup copies on our PC or Mac due to laziness, the best we can do is to use one of the cloud storage services that allow us to make a backup copy in the cloud of all the images and videos that we make with our device.

Currently the best free service, if not we want to use the iCloud service that Apple offers us and that is paid, which offers us this possibility is Google Photos. Google Photos since its launch has become an indispensable application for many millions of iOS users, since it automatically uploads a copy of all the photos and videos that we take with our device. In this way we can be calm if our iPhone is lost, stolen or damaged without the possibility of repairing, since all the content will be found in our Google account.

Unlike other services, Google Photos will save an exact copy of the images that we capture with our device, since it only resizes the images when their resolution exceeds 16 megapixels. In the case of videos recorded in 4k quality, the Google Photos service will automatically convert the videos to Full HD, instead of storing them in the original resolution.

How to recover photos from a restored iPhone

Every time Apple releases a new version of iOS, it is always recommended perform a clean install from scratch, so as not to drag operating problems. Before performing this new installation, iTunes informs us if we have a backup copy of all its content, something essential if we do not want to lose all the information that we have stored in them.

Once we have restored our iPhone or iPad from scratch, the device itself will ask us if we want to configure the iPhone as a new device or if we want to load a backup that we have previously made. In that case, we will have to reconnect our iPhone or iPad to iTunes and load the backup.

The problem with this operation is that we will go back to dragging all the running problems that were present before updating or restoring our device. To avoid these problems, the best thing we can do is either use Google Photos to be able to access all the images and videos that we have taken in the past with that device or extract all the photos and videos from the iPhone or iPad before updating it. and restore it to synchronize them later through iTunes from the backup where we store all that content, not from the backup we made of our iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

But if you are one of those users who the slow operation of iTunes makes you desperate and you have stopped using it, you must bear in mind that it is the only option available to be able to copy photos to our device. In the market we can find third-party applications such as iMazing, which allow us to create backup copies in addition to exporting and importing its content, but if we try to copy images to the device, the application will inform us that the Photo Library is read-only. However, if we can copy videos to the device, videos that will be shown in the Videos application and not in the Photos application of the device, as if it will happen if we do it through iTunes.

Methods to recover photos from iPhone

When our iPhone is about to reach the limit of its capacity and we have hardly any storage space left in it to be able to take pictures and record videos, the most logical step is extract all content and save it on a separate hard drive, so that you can always access it. To extract the content we can do it in different ways.

With the Photos app (Mac)

The Photos application, relatively new to OS X, allows us quickly access all images that we have stored on our iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch every time we connect our device to the Mac. From the application itself we can organize the images, import them, delete them and make a backup copy on our Mac to later save it on an external backup disk .

With the Image Capture application (Mac)

Personally, I have never been able to befriend the Photos app,I consider complex to handle and not intuitive at all, something that Apple is not used to. Instead, every time I want to clean my device, I use the Image Capture function, which allows you to quickly extract all the photos that I have stored on my devices. To do this, we just have to select the device from which we want to extract them and drag them to the folder where we are going to store them.

Directly accessing the device (Windows PC)

The Photos application is not available for Windows, so we have to resort to other methods to extract all the content that we have stored on our iPhone or iPad. This may be the simplest method to be able to extract the photos and videos that we have on our device, since we only have to connect it to our Windows PC and access the different folders where the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch stores all the photos and videos that we take on them. Once inside the different folders where the files we want to copy are, we just have to drag them to the folder where we want to store the content.

With the Acquire Image function (Windows PC)

Depending on the version of Windows that we are using, it is likely that this function is called differently. Every time we connect our iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, Windows will show us a message with all the available options. Of all those that appear, we have to select the one that allows us to acquire or capture all the images that we have on the device.

Next, we must select the destination folder where we want to store them. Once the capture has been made, we will proceed to move that folder to an external hard drive, to keep the images we have made with our iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch safe.