Two different questions
People search for "deleted WhatsApp photos" for two reasons. Make sure you're reading the right part:
- Someone else deleted it for everyone. You want to see what they sent. Keep reading.
- You deleted your own photos or chat. That's a backup question. Restore from your Google Drive or iCloud backup, if it was made before you deleted them.
Where a deleted photo or video might still be
Your gallery or WhatsApp media folder
If media auto-download was on, the file was saved when it arrived. On Android, look in your gallery under WhatsApp Images or WhatsApp Video. On iPhone, "Save to Photos" has to be on for it to be in Photos. A delete for everyone doesn't always remove a file that was already saved.
WhatsApp on a computer
If you had WhatsApp open on a PC and opened the photo there, you may have saved it. The app doesn't keep a copy for you after a delete.
Voice notes
Voice notes are harder. They play inside WhatsApp and aren't saved to your gallery. On Android, an already downloaded voice note can sometimes still be in the WhatsApp Voice Notes folder in the phone's storage, but newer Android versions hide that folder from most file managers. On iPhone there's no folder you can open.
Keeping deleted media next time
MsgSaver keeps recently received media on your PC, encrypted. When someone deletes a photo, video or voice note, it's still there in MsgSaver in full quality. You can play the voice note or save the file.
- It keeps received WhatsApp media for 7 days and Instagram media for 30 days. Anything nobody deletes is removed after that.
- A recovered message stays for as long as you choose in Settings.
- View-once photos and videos are never saved.
- It can't bring back media deleted before you set it up.