Have you accidentally deleted some important photos or videos on your iPhone and then emptied the Recently Deleted album? Don’t worry, it is possible to recover them with the right tools. In this article, we’ll show you 4 methods to get them back.
Method 1: Recover from iCloud Photos
If you turned off iCloud Photos before the deletion, here’s what to do:
1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone, tap your profile name.
2. Go to iCloud, Photos.
3. Turn on iCloud Photos.
4. Select the download and keep original option to download the full-resolution versions. Alternatively, select optimize iPhone storage to download the smaller size versions.
5. Back to the Photos app, you can see it’s updating your library right now. As the process goes on, more and more photos should be showing up here.
Method 2: Recover from Ultdata on a Computer
If the first method doesn’t work for you, here is how to recover deleted photos from your iPhone with Ultdata on a computer:
1. Connect your iPhone to the computer.
2. Go to the Recover Data from iOS Devices section.
3. In the system data category, check the box next to Photos.
4. Click on the Scan button to proceed. This process takes about 2 minutes.
5. The marked photos with a delete icon are the ones you deleted before.
6. To import them to the iPhone, export them to the computer first.
7. Switch to iTunes.
8. Click Photos from the side bar, check the box next to Sync Photos.
9. Select the folder where you saved the photos.
10. Sync them to your iPhone.
Method 3: Recover from iTunes Backup
If you have backed up your phone to iTunes, you can try to recover the deleted photos from the backup:
1. UltData will detect your backups and list them here.
2. Select photos only.
3. Hit the scan button.
4. The time taken depends on your backup size.
5. Your deleted photos should show up.
Method 4: Recover from iCloud Backup
If you backed up your phone to iCloud before, you can try to recover the deleted photos from the backup:
1. Go to the Recover Data from iCloud field.
2. Sign in with your account.
3. Select photos.
4. Hit the download button to continue.
In conclusion, these are the 4 methods to recover permanently deleted screenshots on iPhone. Don’t panic if you accidentally delete your important data. With the right tools, you can always get them back.