How to Restore Deleted Data, Photos, and Videos on iPhone, iPad

This method allows you to: Restore data with your own hands

There are numerous ways to recover iPhone and iPad data. If the deletion was recent, you can retrieve them directly on the device. However, if it's been more than a month since deletion, you'll need to use apps to help recover image and video data on iPhone.

How to Retrieve Deleted Data, Photos, and Videos on iPhone, iPad

As known, photos or videos deleted on iPhone and iPad within 30 days can be easily recovered. If it's been longer than 30 days, you'll need to use specialized software like iPhone Data Recovery to recover your deleted photos and videos. iPhone Data Recovery supports data recovery on iPhone including messages, contacts, photos, videos, call history... all performed quickly and efficiently.

How to Recover Deleted Data, Photos, and Videos on iPhone, iPad

Method 1: Restore Deleted Data, Photos, and Videos within 30 Days

To directly restore photos and videos deleted within 30 days on iPhone, iPad, follow these steps:

Step 1: From the home screen, select the Photos app and tap on the Album section.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap on the Recently Deleted folder, select the photos or videos you want to restore, then tap Recover at the bottom right corner of the screen.

So, those photos and videos will be restored back to your Photo Album on iPhone or iPad, and you can check them right after.

Method 2: Restore Deleted Data on iPhone, iPad from iTunes

To prevent data loss on iPhone, what you need to do is to back up your data to your computer using iTunes. Everything will be stored, and if accidentally lost, deleted, or replaced the iOS device, backing up the following data will ensure the safety of the data you frequently use. The first thing you need to do is update to the latest version of iTunes and then follow these steps:

Step 1: Connect the device to the computer via USB cable and launch iTunes.

Step 2: In the iTunes interface, click on the phone icon as shown below.

Step 3: In the Backups section, you will have 2 options to restore from iCloud or from the computer. First, let's restore iPhone data from iCloud by checking iCloud and selecting Restore Backup…

Immediately, iTunes will display a small dialog box, where under iPhone Name you can select the latest backup file and click Restore to restore data on iPhone.

Similarly, to restore iPhone data from the computer, check This computer and click Restore Backup…

Then select the most recent backup and click Restore to restore old data from the backup on your computer.

Method 3: Restore Deleted Data on iPhone, iPad from iCloud

Step 1: First, you need to restore the device to factory settings. If you don't know how to do this, you can refer to the guide on how to restore iPhone to factory settings introduced in our previous article.

Step 2: Once the device has been restored to default settings, on the initial interface, proceed with the setup as usual.

Select Vietnamese as the language.

Step 3: Under Choose your country or region, here I select Vietnam.

Step 4: Log in to any Wi-Fi network.

Step 5: Choose to turn on or off the Location Services according to your preference.

Step 6: Set up Touch ID if available.

Step 7: Set a password for your device.

Step 8: Select Restore from iCloud Backup.

Step 9: Sign in to your iCloud account. Select Agree.

Step 10: Finally, select the most recent backup to restore your data.

The backup process on iPhone will begin downloading your data from iCloud to your device. The backup time depends on the device and the quality of your home Wi-Fi network, and it will be approximately calculated and displayed on the screen during backup.

So here we have guided you on how to recover deleted photos and videos on iPhone, iPad quickly and easily. In case you use Android phones like Samsung, Oppo, Huawei... you can also refer to how to recover deleted photos on Android. Typically, Android phones have removable SD cards, so data recovery methods are quite simple.