User level: Level 1 (4 points)deleted an app containg local data now the data is also gone re installing didn't help how can i recover my pdfs. app was Physics Wallah I thought its on my ipad so its permanent but as soon as I deleted the app the folder vanished with my hand written pdfs please help them in recovering
Posted on Sep 17, 2026 10:39 AM
User level: Level 10 (334,506 points)Sep 17, 2026 10:50 AM in response to baahujogi
As you may realise, deleting (not Offloading) an App from your iPad will also delete all associated data. Once deleted, your only hope is to restore a pre-existing iCloud or iTunes backup to your iPad. Before restoring data from the backup, you'll first need to reinstall the deleted App.
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support
Be aware that restoring a backup will overwrite all data on your iPad with that of the backup. You also need to understand that if the existing iCloud backup has been refreshed since deleting the App, any data associated with that App will have been purged from the backup - and will be unrecoverable.
If you don't have a backup of your missing data, that data will have been irretrievably lost.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359153