iCloud User Guide
- Welcome
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- Sign in and use iCloud.com
- Customize and use the homepage tiles
- Apple Invites
- Keynote
- Numbers
- Pages
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- Photos on iCloud.com overview
- View your photos and videos
- Browse photos or videos by date
- Hide your photos and videos
- Upload and download photos
- Add or edit a title, caption, or other metadata
- Organize photos and videos
- Add photos and videos to Favorites
- Play a slideshow of photos
- Delete and recover photos and videos
- Recover files and information
- Use iCloud on your Windows device
- Get more help with iCloud
- Legal notices and acknowledgements
- Copyright
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Delete and recover photos and videos on iCloud.com
When you delete a photo or video from Photos on iCloud.com, it’s also deleted from all your devices that have iCloud Photos turned on. If you change your mind, you have 30 days to recover it before it’s permanently deleted.
Delete photos and videos
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Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
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Select the photos or videos you want to delete, or double-click a single photo or video.
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Deleted photos and videos are moved to the Recently Deleted album.
To permanently delete photos or videos before they’re automatically deleted, go to the Recently Deleted album, select the items you want to delete, then click Delete.
Recover photos and videos
Go to icloud.com/photos, then sign in to your Apple Account (if necessary).
Click the Recently Deleted album in the sidebar.
If you don’t see the sidebar, click
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Select the photos or videos you want to recover, then click Recover.
Learn how to use iCloud Photos on iCloud.com on a phone or tablet.