photo missing after iCloud subscription issue

Hello

I had some photos in the “Recently deleted” album,but when my iCloud+ subscription didn’t renew due to payment issues,those photos disappeared.

I renewed my iCloud+ plan a few hours later, but the photos didn’t come back.

Could you please help me recover them or check if they still exist on icloud services?

Posted on Nov 3, 2025 8:41 AM

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Nov 3, 2025 8:56 AM in response to azi181

People here are users like you-- we can't see your phone to do anything with it.


As a safety feature, deleted pictures remain in Recently Deleted for 30 days before they are automatically removed. I haven't had this experience, but I guess that applies even if you don't have access to iCloud Photos. Of course, they were on your phone for that time, as well. When the safety period of Recently Deleted is passed, they don't go to some other, second safety place. So, unfortunately, if you don't keep your own backups to an external drive, then there's really no other place for them to be found.

photo missing after iCloud subscription issue

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