How to Recover lost/deleted Photos from iPhone/iPad

It's not surprising that iPhone/iPad has become a world-famous portable device. It is no exaggeration to say that iPhone/iPad can bring you endless pleasure in your journey, because iPhone/iPad can help you finish some work, like taking pictures, booking hotels, inquiring information and communicating with your colleagues while traveling. You must take a lot of beautiful, memorable photos on your journey. But what if you lose in the accident? What can we do to Recover Photos from iPhone/iPad?

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Part 1. Restore Deleted Photos from an iTunes Backup

Part 2. Restore Deleted Photos from an iCloud Backup

Part 3. Restore Deleted Photos from iPhone Via iPhone Data Recovery

Part 1. Restore Deleted Photos from an iTunes Backup

iTunes will back up your data every time you sync your iPhone with it. As long as you sync your iPhone with iTunes regularly, there is a large chance that you can recover deleted photos from iPhone for free via iTunes' last backup file. Check out the instructions below.

Step 1: Connect your iOS device with the computer which you have synced your data on;

Step 2: Run your iTunes. Click the iPhone icon, and choose "Restore Backup" from the Summary tab. You need to pick an iTunes backup if you have more than one backup and then confirm it by clicking "Restore".

Step 3: iTunes will start to restore the backup back to your iPhone. A few minutes later, you can check your iPhone to find the photos you deleted.

Note: You may lose part of the data if the iTunes backup is not up to date as iTunes backup will overwrite existing data on the device. To avoid this, you can try iPhone Data Recovery to restore from iTunes backup.

Part 2. Restore Deleted Photos from an iCloud Backup

If you have turned on iCloud Backup function from Settings > iCloud > iCloud Backup, then your iPhone can be backed up to iCloud automatically when your iPhone is plugged in, locked and connected with Wi-Fi. Probably you deleted photos are in iCloud backup and you can restore them as below.

Step 1: Go to Settings > General > Reset on your iPhone, then choose "Erase All Content and Settings".

Step 2: From the apps Apps & Data interface, choose "Restore from iCloud Backup", then log in your iCloud account.

Step 3: Select an iCloud backup which includes the deleted iPhone photos from available backups in iCloud.

Step 4: Follow the prompts to set up your iPhone as a new device.

Note: Similarly, iCloud restore will erase the data you haven't backed up yet. As the alternative solution, you might as well try iPhone Data Recovery to restore from iCloud backup.

Part 3. Restore Deleted Photos from iPhone Via iPhone Data Recovery

We can recover lost photos and videos directly from iPhone/iPad through iPhone data recovery, preview backup files from iTunes and restore deleted photos, videos, contacts, notes,calendars,call history and other data. IPhone data recovery supports the recovery of all lost iPhone/iPad data, including the latest iPhone 12. You can choose to recover all the lost data from the iPhone/iPad or select the file to recover.

Next, this tutorial will show you how to restore photos deleted from iPhone/iPad. According to the following steps, you can also restore your iPhone/iPad photos more easily than you think.Download the free trial version of iPad Data Recovery below to take a try.