How to Recover Lost iPhone & iPad Photos on iOS 18/ iPadOS 18

If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you may soon be treated to the reappearance of photos that you feared were long since lost or destroyed.

As part if its iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating system roll out – which is currently in Beta, but is expected to be released fully in September – Apple has added an additional folder to its Photos app named ‘Recovered’. Clicking on the folder will reveal photos you’ve previously taken that may have been the victim of, for example, faltering software or database corruption.

Thankfully, locating long lost images and videos on your device is straightforward and, in this article, we’ll take you through the steps required to do so.