How to restore your device from iCloud backup
If you're missing data, perhaps through deleting the app, local folders, or individual "On My iPad / iPhone" files, the only way to potentially recover those documents is by restoring your entire device from an iCloud backup.
- Tap Apple Settings:
- Tap Your Name on the top left;
- Tap iCloud:
- Tap iCloud Backup:
- If the toggle is ON, you can see when the last successful backup was made. If the timing of that backup corresponds to a time that the missing files would still be on your device, you may be able to get your work back;
- If the toggle is OFF, or the timing of the back-up is after the time that the files would have been deleted, then unfortunately it's not possible to recover your files.
- On the left side of the Apple Settings Menu, tap General, then Reset;
- From the Reset Menu, select Erase and Content and Settings;
- Continue with Apple's installation process. When presented with the Apps & Data options, tap Restore from iCloud Backup, then sign in with your Apple ID.
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