In the Photos app, you can delete photos and videos from your iPad or hide them. You can also recover photos you recently deleted. Photos you delete and hide are saved in Recently Deleted and Hidden, which you unlock using Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode.
When you , then tap Hide.
Hidden photos are moved to the Hidden collection. You can’t view them anywhere else.
To turn off the Hidden collection so it doesn’t appear in the Photos app, see , then tap Hide.
Hidden photos and videos are kept in Hidden, below Utilities in the sidebar.
You can unhide a photo you previously hid, so that it reappears in your photo library.
Go to the Photos app at the bottom of the screen, then tap Recover or Delete.
Note: If the photos you’re looking for don’t appear in Recently Deleted, they may be in Recovered. See Search for photos and videos on iPad