How to Recover Deleted Photos on Your Phone
Digital photos are irreplaceable. It’s not uncommon for people to accidentally delete photos from their phones. However, you can typically recover those deleted photos using built-in features. When it comes to recovering those precious images, however, things get a bit trickier. Users often take screenshots of anything they want to remember later on. Taking screenshots is the first step towards recovering those images. You might wonder how to recover deleted photos if you don’t have them saved elsewhere and the phone itself won’t give you access to them anymore. This article will show you different ways in which you can get your pictures back if you no longer have them stored on your phone.
Google Photos
You might be surprised to find that the most obvious way to recover deleted photos is by using Google Photos. Google has integrated a “show deleted photos” feature that might be helpful if you accidentally delete an image from your phone. If you have a Google account, you have access to Google Photos. You can use this app to store images, videos, and even notes. The Google Photos app has a feature that lets you re-find images that you’ve accidentally deleted. This feature is useful because it works even if you don’t have the image saved anywhere else. You can simply open the photo you want to recover in Google Photos, select the “show deleted images” option, and you should see the image appear. Google Photos also has some other useful features. For example, Google Photos automatically organizes your images by date and location. This makes it easy to find an image when you know when or where it was taken.
Take a screenshot of the photo you want to recover
If you have a screenshot of the image you want to recover, that’s even better. Screenshots get saved to the same folder as the images on your phone, so simply look there for the image. You can simply tap the “screenshot” button on your phone to take a picture of whatever you’re viewing. The button is typically located on the upper right corner of your phone, but may vary depending on the model. If the image you want to recover is a picture instead of a screenshot, you can try taking a screenshot of it again. This will save the image to the same folder as the first screenshot, making it easier to find. Alternatively, you can try searching through the image folder on your phone.
Check your Photo Roll folder
If you don’t have access to the screenshot of the image, you can check the Photo Roll folder on your phone. The Photo Roll holds all of your images, including the ones that have been deleted. If the image you’re trying to recover is still in the Photo Roll folder, it will show up in your camera roll. Unfortunately, the image will only appear as a thumbnail without any metadata. This makes it difficult to identify the image, so you might want to check the folder for other images that might belong to the same set. If the deleted image has been replaced with a thumbnail, you can try recovering it with a data recovery app.
Recover with Cloud Backup
If you use a cloud backup service, you might be able to access the image if you deleted it from your phone. If you have a backup stored on iCloud or Google Photos, you can try re-downloading it. This will be the same image you deleted, so you might want to edit it before you share it with friends and family. If you have a backup stored on another cloud service, you might be able to access it through the corresponding app. For example, if you backed up your images with Dropbox, open the Dropbox app and look for the image there. If you don’t have a cloud backup service, you can still recover deleted images. You just have to be more thorough with your search on your phone.
Use a data recovery app
There are plenty of data recovery apps available for both Android and iOS. These apps are designed to search your phone and find deleted images. Choose one of these apps to scan your phone, and it will list all of the images it finds. If the image you want to recover is listed, select it and restore it to your phone. These apps are not foolproof, but they could be your best bet at recovering a deleted image.
Conclusion
There are plenty of ways to recover deleted photos on your phone. The best way to do this is to use a data recovery app. These apps have become more sophisticated and can now bring photos back from even the deepest depths of your phone's storage. You can also try using Google Photos to recover deleted photos. This works best if you deleted the image recently, as it usually takes a few days for the image to show up in the deleted photos section. Even if an image has been deleted for a long time, you might be able to restore it using a data recovery app. These apps can dig deep into your phone's storage and retrieve images that would otherwise be lost forever.
