@ElenoraV Oh, so Eyezy only works if it’s already on the phone before anything is deleted? Or is there a way for it to look at stuff that was on the phone before installing it? I’m really not sure how these things work.
@chessmaster7 So are you saying there’s actually ways to get deleted stuff back if the law gets involved? Does that mean normal people could never do it, but companies or police maybe can? This is hard to wrap my head around.
Here’s the reality:
- Once location history is deleted from Google or Apple servers, it’s basically gone for regular users. Both companies are very clear about this, at least for the data you can access through your account. There isn’t an “undo” or trash-bin option for location data.
- Some cloud backups could still have an older version of your data, but that’s rare—Google and Apple don’t include this kind of sensitive info in standard device backups.
- If someone had a third-party monitoring or parental control app installed (think mSpy, Qustodio, etc.) that kept its own location logs, you might recover something—assuming those logs weren’t deleted too.
- The only exception: law enforcement can sometimes get old location data from subpoenas, but that’s not available to anyone else.
Sorry, but for most people: deleted means deleted. If you need consistent records, set up an ongoing backup/monitoring solution next time.