This article explains how to locate and recover deleted screenshots on your iPhone.
Can you recover deleted screenshots on iPhone?
Yes you can! When you delete a screenshot or photo from your iPhone’s Camera Roll, it ends up in a specific folder, where it will stay for 30 days before being permanently deleted. ©e.
- open the app Photos.
- Scroll down the menu and press recently deleted.
- Any photos you’ve deleted in the last 30 days will appear here. At the bottom of each image thumbnail, you’ll see how many days a photo has left before it’s automatically deleted.
- Tap an image to see it up close. lean on Get it back to send it back to your Camera Roll.
Can I restore deleted screenshots?
You can also do that All images previously deleted from the folder recently deleted from your iPhone can be retrieved and added to your Camera Roll.
Grades: Restored images will reappear in your Camera Roll relative to when you originally took them. For example, if you retrieve a photo from two weeks ago, it will appear before images taken a few days ago.
- open the app Photos.
- Scroll down the menu and press recently deleted.
- Find the image you want to restore (depending on how long the image was deleted, you may need to scroll up to find it). Long press the image to enlarge the thumbnail.
- lean on Get it back to immediately send the image to your Camera Roll. You can find it in the folder Recent.
- You can touch an image (instead of long pressing) to take a closer look at it. From there, you can pinch to zoom in or out, touch Get it back to send it to your camera roll, or tap Get rid of to permanently delete the image from your iPhone (this cannot be undone).
- when you press Get it backa check button will appear. recover photo to confirm and return the image to your Camera Roll or press cancelto stop recovery.
Are deleted screenshots permanently lost?
Well yes and no. Pictures deleted from your iPhone Camera Roll will be moved to the folder recently deleted but it remains accessible for up to 30 days from the time you select Get rid of.
After these 30 days have elapsed, you decide to delete the file recently deletedor if you manually delete an image from this folder, it will be permanently lost and you will not be able to recover it.
frequent questions
Why are my iPhone screenshots blurry?
The Messages app has a low-quality picture mode to save mobile data. If your screenshots look blurry when you send them in a message, go to Settings in the Messages app and turn off low quality picture mode.
How to delete screenshots on iPhone?
To delete screenshots on iPhone, open the screenshot in the Photos app and press the button basket. If you can’t delete a photo, it’s synced with your Mac. Connect your iPhone to your Mac, then delete the photo on both devices.
If you have any questions or suggestions, let us know in the comments. Also check out this guide if you want to learn how to take screenshots on iPhone 13.