I recently did a backup on my phone and then proceed to delete all my photos, contacts etc. after the backup was completed. Another backup never took place after this and when I went to restore my information to a new iPhone all my pictures and contacts were gone but all my apps were still there. I went to my iCloud account and it show that I have no photos as well. Is there any way I can get at least my photos back? I’ve tried restoring older backups but no photos or contacts are on any of the backups. And yes my I set my settings to upload my pictures and contacts to my iCloud during backups.
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Best Answer
iCloud is primarily a syncing mechanism and not a backup solution. What this means is iCloud gives you access to all your files, pictures, contacts, etc. on any device that's logged-in with the same Apple ID.
The pictures and contacts are stored in iCloud and your other devices access it from there. When you deleted the info from iCloud directly, you deleted the source files and not copies of the files.
However, there is something you can try. iCloud provides a 40-day grace period in which you can recover deleted photos and 30-day grace period for other types of files. See this site for more detailed info.
Restore deleted photos
Photos
.Open sidebar
button on the top of the screen.In the sidebar you should see a menu item named
Recently Deleted
. Click on it.You will see any recoverable images along with the days remaining until the image is permanently deleted.
Recover
button on the top-right of the window.Done
.Restore deleted files
Settings
.Scroll down until you see the
Advanced
section.Click on
Restore Files
.Select All
if you really need to restore everything.Click
Restore Files
.Click
Done
.Restore deleted contacts
Follow steps 1, 2, and 3 in 'Restore files' above.
Restore Contacts
tab at the top of the window.Select the contacts you want to restore. Important: the restored contact will replace the contact on all devices signed-in with this Apple ID.
Click
Done
.