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I have deleted compromising photos of deleted and I want to recover them

I have deleted compromising photos of deleted and I want to recover them

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If it is beyond the 30 days where they would remain in the Recently Deleted album or you deleted them from that Album before that time, then they are gone from your Photo Library on your device. Apple does not hold on to your photos after your request to delete them, and if they did I would suspect that would be a huge privacy concern leaving them open for lawsuits.


All you can do is check if you have saved them to another location yourself before deleting or possibly sent them to someone where either they would have them or where that copy would still remain in Messages or Mail. Also if you use a Mac, you may have used a Time Machine backup where you are still storing those photos. In any case, these are all methods where you could have those photos still, Apple does not have them for recovery.

ON what device?