I accidentally deleted all of my pages files when deleting iCloud files

For context, my iCloud Drive hasn’t backed up for 101 weeks as of now and I kept getting notifications about it saying I didn’t have enough storage. I misunderstood the notification thinking I didn’t have enough storage SPACE, so, in an attempt to back up my phone, I ended up deleting everything from my iCloud Drive to see if it would work. It wasn’t until I deleted my files that I realized I misunderstood the message. I didn’t think I lost any actual files, so I wasn’t that worried at first. However, when I went to look at my Pages app, I quickly found out that ALL of my documents were gone. I went to look at my other files and found out that they were almost all gone as well. I was able to recover my other files, but I wasn’t able to recover any of the stuff from my Pages. I can’t find any “recently deleted” and I don’t how else to recover my stuff, if I can recover it at all. It’s really stressing me out because I had a lot of stuff written in there just for it to disappear from thin air. I don’t know if it matters, but I have an iPhone 13 and iOS 26.0.1

iPhone 13, iOS 26

Posted on Oct 31, 2025 4:33 PM

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Oct 31, 2025 4:41 PM in response to Mars589

Have you tried accessing iCloud Drive on the iCloud website using Safari? Recovered files go back to the folder they were deleted. That is possible if it has not been longer than 30 days and you did not permanently remove them. It could be the case that you will need the iCloud storage space available to put those files back.

Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support


I accidentally deleted all of my pages files when deleting iCloud files

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