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  sgtm2015 · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:01 pm

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  Hello, I have deleted all my photos from the media library and cannot retrieve them. Please can anyone help?

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  dragoso · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:07 pm

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  Hi @sgtm2015 I’m really sorry, but to be honest, I’m not quite sure there is a way to restore the media files once your deleted them :(

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:09 pm

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  @dragoso is correct, when you permanently delete media files they are deleted permanently.

  Sometimes (only sometimes) Staff can do some magic to retrieve those permanently deleted images if they were only recently permanently deleted, so I’ve tagged this thread for their attention.

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  dragoso · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:12 pm

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  I have an idea ( is not a very good one but … ) as the last option, try search engines – if the pictures were published – they might have them in their cache.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 22, 2017 at 7:32 pm

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  Hi –

  When an image is deleted from the media library it is permanent and I’m not able to restore the images for you.

  Luckily, as dragoso suggests, they are still in Google’s cache. You can download the images by right clicking on them > save image

  Use this link to see the images:
  https://www.google.com/search?q=https://google+images&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm06O4uKTSAhVFWSYKHU2FCjwQ_AUICCgB&biw=1440&bih=803#tbm=isch&q=stgeorgethemartyr.wordpress.com

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  justjennifer · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 8:30 am

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  staff-zinnia – Darn, was hoping for a Miracle Max cure to mostly permanently deleted images. ;) Thanks for the info.

  Can we assume that those images currently in Google’s cache will be removed after the next time the site is crawled?

  Unfortunately in this case the Internet Archive, which usually has several captures of a site, won’t be of help because there is only one saved crawl from April 2016.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 23, 2017 at 6:16 pm

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  Hi justjennifer – Unfortunately I’m not able to restore these images.