Do photos stay in iCloud forever?

Question: Q: how long does icloud save your pictures
The backup is saved until overwritten, and photo stream photos remain in iCloud for 30 days. The iCloud backup includes your camera roll pictures, but those are overwritten each time you back up.
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Does iCloud store photos permanently?

iCloud stores new photos for 30 days, so you have plenty of time to connect your iOS device to Wi-Fi and make sure you always have your most recent shots handy. So your photos will get deleted if you reach the 1000 photos limit or the 30 days limit.
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How long do your photos stay in iCloud?

Photos in My Photo Stream remain in iCloud for 30 days. That should be sufficient time to back up your photos manually. After that, they are removed from iCloud. No matter how many photos My Photo Stream uploads to the cloud, the local Photo Stream album on any iOS or iPadOS device only keeps up to 1,000 images.
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Do iCloud photos Delete forever?

Deleted photos and videos are placed in the Recently Deleted album, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently removed. To delete photos or videos sooner, go to the Recently Deleted album, select the items you want to delete, then click Delete [number] Items.
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Do photos Save on iCloud if deleted from iPhone?

All replies. If you have iCloud Photo Library turned on, any photos you delete from the phone will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other devices connected to that iCloud Photo Library. iCloud Photo Library is designed primarily as a method of syncing all of your photos among your devices.
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How do I get my old pictures from iCloud?

How to download photos from iCloud via the Apple Photos app
  1. Go into your device's Settings app.
  2. Tap your name at the top of the Settings menu. Tap your name at the top of the Settings menu on your device. ...
  3. Select "iCloud." Tap "iCloud" on your Apple ID page. ...
  4. Tap "Photos." ...
  5. Select "Download and Keep Originals."
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How do I recover permanently deleted photos from iCloud after 30 days?

Your best option how to recover deleted photos after 30 days is to restore them from a local iTunes backup:
  1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
  2. Open iTunes.
  3. Select your iPhone.
  4. Click on the Restore Backup button.
  5. Select your backup and wait for the process to finish.
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Where do permanently deleted photos go?

If you have turned on Back up and Sync, photos and videos you delete will stay in your trash for 60 days before they are deleted forever.
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Empty your trash
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Photos app. .
  2. Sign in to your Google Account.
  3. At the bottom, tap Library. Trash. More. Empty Trash. Delete permanently.
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Can permanently deleted photos be recovered?

You can recover pictures that have been permanently deleted from your Android gallery using data recovery software with support for Android devices, such as Disk Drill for macOS (the Windows version can recover data from Android memory cards): Install Disk Drill on a Mac.
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How long are things stored in iCloud?

When your device is backed up in iCloud, you can easily set up a new device or restore information on one you already have. To let iCloud automatically back up your device, here's what you need to do. If you disable or stop using iCloud Backup, your last backup is stored for 180 days.
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What happens to iCloud photos when you stop paying?

All the photos, videos and documents that are currently in iCloud will still be stored safely, but any new ones will not be saved to there. Soon, you will not be able to send or receive emails with your iCloud email address….
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Are permanently deleted photos gone forever iPhone?

When you delete photos and videos, they go to your Recently Deleted album for 30 days. After 30 days, they'll be permanently deleted.
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Where do permanently deleted photos go on iPhone?

Deleted photos and videos are kept in the Recently Deleted album for 30 days, where you can recover or permanently remove them from all devices.
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Are photos ever truly deleted?

Google Photos keeps deleted photos for 60 days before they are permanently removed from your account. You can restore deleted photos within that time. You can also permanently delete photos if you do not want to wait 60 days for them to disappear.
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How do I recover permanently deleted photos from iCloud without backup?

Check the Recently Deleted folder
  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap “Albums” on the bottom bar.
  3. Scroll down and find the Recently Deleted folder under the Other Albums.
  4. Select the photos you want to restore and tap “Recover”.
  5. Connect iPhone to the computer.
  6. Click “Scan Now”
  7. Click “Recover”
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Why have my iCloud photos disappeared?

If you're still missing photos on your iPhone after turning on iCloud Photo Library, quickly make sure that you're logged into the correct Apple ID. If you're logged into the incorrect Apple ID, you could run into problems when saving your photos to iCloud and syncing your photos between devices.
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Can you ever get deleted photos back iPhone?

You can recover deleted photos from your iPhone's Recently Deleted folder or an iCloud backup. You can also recover deleted photos from cloud storage apps like OneDrive or Dropbox. If photos are missing but not deleted, you may find them in the Hidden folder of the Photos app.
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Where are my iCloud photos?

How to access iCloud Photos. Open the Photos app. Tap the Library tab to see your photos. Tap the Albums tab to see My Albums, Shared Albums, People & Places, Media Types and Utilities.
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Can Apple see your deleted photos?

Deleted from the iPhone? Apple does not keep copies of your photos. Deleted means gone, no longer exists. Unless you have backed your photos up before deleting them, there is no way to retrieve them.
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Is it worth getting iCloud storage?

Whether you opt to stick with the free 5GB or you upgrade to a plan with more storage, iCloud is an incredibly useful way to protect your most valuable information from getting lost. It's also a great way to access that data from any of your Apple products.
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What is the point of iCloud?

iCloud is the service from Apple that securely stores your photos, files, notes, passwords, and other data in the cloud and keeps it up to date across all your devices, automatically. iCloud also makes it easy to share photos, files, notes, and more with friends and family.
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Can you buy iCloud storage once?

You'll never have to pay for iCloud Storage again, but you will have to plug your iPhone into your computer every once in a while to back up your videos. Here's why this usually isn't a big deal: Videos are huge and you're probably doing this anyway.
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Should I use iCloud photos?

Users opting for ‌iCloud‌ ‌Photos‌ have the choice of storing the original photos on their Mac or iOS device, which is ideal for offline access, or a more flexible optimized arrangement that stores originals locally if you have enough storage space but uses lower-resolution versions if local storage is tight and only ...
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Why is iPhone storage full when I have iCloud?

Backups of your devices are often the culprits behind a full iCloud storage space. It's entirely possible you had your old iPhone set to upload backups to the cloud automatically, and then never removed those files.
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What's better Google photos or iCloud?

Using iCloud will mean your images can sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, with all the enhanced functionality that Apple's Photos apps offer, including the option to optimize your device's storage. But if some or all of your devices are not made by Apple, Google Photos is the clear winner.
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