How to recover deleted photos on instagram?

Laureanoisaac
Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:09:17 +0000

It looks like the consensus on the forum is that Instagram does not allow recovery of individual images deleted from a carousel post. They mention that Instagram’s “Recently Deleted” folder holds entire posts for up to 30 days, but not separate carousel images. So once an image is deleted from a carousel post, it’s generally gone for good after that period or if manually removed from “Recently Deleted.”

Maybe you should just respect the platform’s design and expectations about content permanence? If they wanted you to see it, the images would not have been deleted or placed in a way to prevent access. Instead, consider backing up your photos before deleting them in the future.