Undoing photo deletions
In some cases, you might end up deleting a number of photos to the trash in Photos (e.g. when using the Find Duplicates command), but then decide you don't want to delete the photos after all. Fortunately, deleting photos is not immediately permanent, and there is a way to return recently deleted photos to the main section of the library. To do so:
- Open the library in Photos and select “Show Recently Deleted” from the File menu. This should display all the photos that have been deleted from the library in the last 30 days.
- Click any photos that you would like to return to the library to select them.
- Click the “Recover” button in the upper right corner of the window. This will “undelete” the photos so they once again appear in the library. The photos will also be returned to any albums they belonged to when they were deleted.