Hi, Yesterday I deleted my photos from the gallery and even removed them from the Recently Deleted folder. After that, they went to iCloud—some of them were still there and I was able to recover those, but some were also missing from iCloud. I wanted
The photos aren’t in iCloud either.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18
iCloud is a Synchronization Service, so it keeps the Photos Library at iCloud exactly the same as the Library on your iPhone. You're very lucky that you made it to iCloud Photos before the synchronization was complete, or you would've lost them all. Deleted pictures normally remain in the "Recently Deleted" view for 30 days, and then they are removed permanently. This safety feature can be defeated by choosing to prematurely delete pictures from the "Recently Deleted" view. If you chose to defeat the safety, there is no other.
iCloud is a Synchronization Service, so it keeps the Photos Library at iCloud exactly the same as the Library on your iPhone. You're very lucky that you made it to iCloud Photos before the synchronization was complete, or you would've lost them all. Deleted pictures normally remain in the "Recently Deleted" view for 30 days, and then they are removed permanently. This safety feature can be defeated by choosing to prematurely delete pictures from the "Recently Deleted" view. If you chose to defeat the safety, there is no other.
Recovering missing photos from iCloud after deletion on iPhone
