Missing albums on iPhone 16 Pro

Till yesterday, I have all my albums but today I noticed that many of my albums are missing. I am on Iphone 16 Pro. searched all recently deleted and hidden options but could not locate. what could be the reason?



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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 28, 2025 8:04 AM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2025 9:34 AM

aniruddha32 wrote: No only albums. Photos are there. But it takes time to build albums again

What do you see at iCloud.com?


Albums are transferred separately from the pictures, and Photos puts them together after it receives them. It has looked weird somethings, but I have never failed to get exactly what's at iCloud.com. iCloud Photos, Mac Photos, and iPhone Photos should have the exact same structure (except for Smart Albums.)


At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, my phone says 50.5 GB of 128 GB used. What does yours say?

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Sep 29, 2025 9:34 AM in response to aniruddha32

aniruddha32 wrote: No only albums. Photos are there. But it takes time to build albums again

What do you see at iCloud.com?


Albums are transferred separately from the pictures, and Photos puts them together after it receives them. It has looked weird somethings, but I have never failed to get exactly what's at iCloud.com. iCloud Photos, Mac Photos, and iPhone Photos should have the exact same structure (except for Smart Albums.)


At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, my phone says 50.5 GB of 128 GB used. What does yours say?

Sep 28, 2025 8:44 AM in response to aniruddha32

Also,

  • Are you using iCloud Photos?
  • …if so, what do you see at iCloud.com?
  • …and are you using "Optimize Storage?"
  • …and how much free storage do you have at iCloud?
  • Have you turned on Settings>[name]>iCloud>iCloud Backup?
  • What is your storage on this iPhone? At Settings>General>iPhone Storage, my phone says 50.5 GB of 128 GB used. What does yours say? Do you have more than 10% free storage on your iPhone?


Sep 28, 2025 8:36 PM in response to Richard.Taylor

Am using iCloud sync. Ample space on iCloud and iPhone and MacBook. All my Photos are available, except only some albums are available. It takes time to rebuild albums. It never happened before since I am an iPhone user for ages. The only new addition is MacBook. I tried to import from iPhone to MacBook. Not sure if it has anything to do with removal of albums

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