iPad Deleted Files Recovery — Photos + Documents + Notes
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Accidentally deleted iPad content falls into similar buckets as iPhone: Recently Deleted (30-day grace period for photos / notes — DIY recovery, free), permanently deleted (purged — forensic workshop recovery), and iCloud-side deletion (sync deleted across devices — may be in iCloud trash for 30 days, then escalate to backup history).
iPad differs from iPhone in one important way: more document-style data lives on iPad (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Word, GoodNotes, school assignments). These are often stored in app sandboxes that are easier to recover than photos because they’re less aggressively overwritten by camera burst data.
Common Issues & How We Fix Them
Our Repair Process
- Free triage.
- Workshop diagnostic.
- Storage image first.
- Recovery process.
- Data returned on encrypted drive.
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