iPhone tips and tricks: How to recover deleted photos

iPhone comes with a built-in mechanism that doesn’t permanently trash photos when you delete them. Know how you can retrieve the deleted photos.

Steps to recover deleted photos on iPhone. (Amritanshu / HT Tech)

Smartphones have removed the need for physical albums to save our memories and photos. We keep photos and videos saved on our phone. While it's an advantage there's a disadvantage as well. If you delete a photo accidentally, it'll be gone. However, do you know you can restore deleted pictures on iPhones? Yes! iPhones allow users to restore their deleted photos with ease. There is a quick and easy way to recover recently deleted photos. But do note that we are not talking about saving photos from an iPhone you dropped down the toilet or smashed, or factory reset, but you can restore those media files that have been deleted manually. Here's how you can get deleted photos back on iPhone

How to recover deleted photos on iPhone

The iPhone comes with a built-in mechanism that doesn't permanently trash photos when you delete them. Instead, they get removed from the main photo library and saved in a Recently Deleted album. However, there is a limited time period of 30 days under which you can retrieve deleted photos after that they're permanently deleted. So if you find yourself in a position where you want to get back your old photos, here's what you can do.

Check the recovered photos in your Phone's gallery.