How to Recover Deleted Photos from Facebook with or without a Backup

There is no such a Recycle or Trash bin that can keep deleted Facebook photos on your iPhone. Thus, when you delete a photo or video from Facebook, the file will be gone by default. You cannot find deleted Facebook photos directly. Then here comes the question, is it possible to recover deleted Facebook photos?

Well, the answer is "Yes" in most situations. Actually, your deleted Facebook photos still exist in the original place with an "invisible" state. If you do not save or edit any new file in the same storage space, you can find and recover old photo from Facebook on iPhone successfully.

By the way, if you have backed up Facebook photos with iTunes or iCloud before, you can get a better way to recover deleted Facebook photo albums and other files. In other words, you can get rid of the disadvantages while recovering deleted Facebook photos with iTunes and iCloud backup files here.

Recover Deleted Facebook Photos

• Basic: How to Recover Deleted Photos from Facebook by Archive Settings
• Recommended: 3 Ways to Recover Permanently Deleted Facebook Photos and Videos
• FAQs of Recovering Deleted Facebook Photos

Basic: How to Recover Deleted Photos from Facebook by Archive Settings

All your activities will be recorded on your Facebook account. Frankly speaking, all your deleted photos, videos and messages can be tracked via Facebook archive settings. So you can retrieve deleted photos from Facebook with the archived files.

Step 1 Open Facebook. Log into your Facebook account.

Step 2 Navigate to the General account settings. Then select "Settings" from its list.

Step 3 Choose "Account Settings" followed by "General". You will be in the "General Account Settings" page.

Step 4 Select the download link of "Download a copy of your Facebook data".

Step 5 Enter the Facebook account password if you are required. Then choose "Start My Archive".

Step 6 Check the email which you used to create the Facebook account. Choose the download link to download and recover deleted pictures from Facebook. In this way, you are able to recover deleted contacts on Facebook.

Recommended: 3 Ways to Recover Permanently Deleted Facebook Photos and Videos

If your Facebook app is not working, or if you have downloaded Facebook photos to your iOS device, you can try other solutions for Facebook photo recovery. By using FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery, you can recover deleted photos from Facebook in most popular formats with or without a backup. By the way, you can make the deleted Facebook photos viewable again with the ultimate Facebook photo recovery software. Almost all app data and file types are supported here. By the way, you can recover deleted Facebook Messages, pictures and videos, too.

Main Features of the 3-in-1 Facebook Photo Recovery Software

• Recover deleted Facebook Photos from the iPhone itself.
• Preview, select and recover your deleted Facebook photos from iTunes backup.
• Download the iCloud backup file and extract your deleted or lost Facebook photos.
• Recover Facebook photos, videos and more files due to deletion, factory reset, system problem, device stuck and many other scenarios.
• Wide support of image formats, including the latest HEIC photos.
• The Facebook photo recovery software works with the latest iOS 18/17 models.
• Recover photos from other apps like Viber, WeChat, Line, WhatsApp, etc.

Way 1: How to Recover Deleted Facebook Photos without Backup

Step 1 Launch the Facebook photo recovery software. Plug your iPhone into the computer via a USB cable. Tap "Trust" on your iPhone to allow the connection.

Step 2 Once the program detects your iOS device, you can see all photos in categories.

Step 3 Mark before "Messenger" and "Messenger Attachments" based on your needs.

Step 4 Turn on "Only display the deleted item (s)" to see deleted Facebook photos on the iPhone only. If you want to get photo details, you can double-click on the photo to get a popping-up preview window.

Step 5 Choose what you need and click "Recover" to restore deleted photos from Facebook.

Way 2: How to Recover Deleted Photos from Facebook via iTunes Backup Safely

Step 1 Download and install the data recovery software for Facebook picture recovery.

Step 2 Choose "Recover from iTunes Backup File" in the left pane. All your iTunes backup files will be detected and listed in the main interface.

Step 3 Select the most relevant iTunes backup. Click "Start Scan" to get all backed up files.

Step 4 Open one folder and check if your deleted Facebook photo is there. You can find old Facebook pictures, as well as the deleted ones.

Step 5 Select the Facebook photos you want to recover. Click "Recover" and set the destination folder to recover deleted photos on Facebook Messages or elsewhere.

Way 3: How to Recover Deleted Facebook Photos from iCloud Backup Selectively

Step 1 Open Facebook photo recovery software on the Windows or Mac.

Step 2 Click "Recover from iCloud Backup File". Sign into your iCloud account to get all iCloud backup files.

Step 3 Click "Download" next to the most relevant iCloud backup in the list. You can select "Camera Roll", "Photo Library" and "App Photos" under "Media" to recover deleted Facebook photos and albums. Click "Next" to move on.

Step 4 All types of photos display in the main interface after scanning. You can enter the photo name or path into the Search engine at the top right corner if necessary. At last, choose the pictures you need and click "Recover" to recover deleted photos from Facebook app.

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FAQs of Recovering Deleted Facebook Photos

Conclusion

There is no data overwritten or potential data loss. You can restore gallery photos from Facebook safely and quickly. Compared with the traditional Facebook photo recovery methods, you can get a much more lightweight way to recover deleted photos from Facebook with EXIF data.

FoneLab iPhone Data Recovery can recover not only deleted Facebook photos and videos, but also Facebook Messenger data. You can select, preview and recover deleted Facebook messages with ease. Moreover, you can also complete the Facebook Messenger picture recovery with 3 different methods here.