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Photos are often precious memories of sentimental value. We’ve all been in the agonizing position of having an image deleted, but it no longer needs to be the painful experience that it once was. Instead, follow the tips laid out here to recover your photos.

Many believe that once they are deleted they are gone forever. But there are ways to recover deleted images and this article will explain how to do just that on iOS 8.

Firstly:

Visit the Photos app -> Select Albums -> Select Recently Deleted -> From here you can view photos that have been deleted in the last 30 days

*Note: After 30 days the photos in the Recently Deleted selection will be permanently deleted.

Each image will have a caption with the amount of days left until its deletion, so you know how long you’ve got to recover it before it’s gone.

To recover a single image:

Select the photo you wish to recover -> It will come up in full size preview -> Select Recover

If you wish to recover multiple images, simply go back to the thumbnail versions of the Recently Deleted version and click select before ticking the images you want to recover. From here you can then choose the Recover All to get multiple images recovered.

On the other hand, you may not want an image to linger in the Recently Deleted section. After all, if you’ve deleted it you have, generally, done so for a good reason.

Whether it’s an embarrassing picture from the night before or a particularly bad selfie you can also expedite the permanent deletion process from your phone.

Opposite the recover button, there’s the aptly named Delete option. Mirror the process for recovery to delete single or multiple images and then you can make sure you never fall prey to the re-emergence of any particularly embarrassing photos!