Fix issue pictures disappeared from Android device.

[Android Central Question]

Hello, yesterday at around 6 pm I deleted some unnecessary cache my phone offered to clean.
Afterwards at 11 pm I found out that 2000+ photos from my gallery have disappeared.
I checked google photos app,the trash of google photos, the device gallery, archives,google cloud, DCIM, the pictures folder in file manager and as u might guess in vain.
Later i noticed that the whole Instagram folder has disappeared from my gallery and device.The cache i deleted included Instagram's cache.
Now it seems like some folders contained in my files/ pictures are completely gone.

Please help me get those back cause so much important stuff was contained in there

Also by Instagram photos i mean photos shoot with Instagram

Im also guessing that the cache couldn't possibly contain 2000+ photos so the issue might be from last android update or something

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? What app offered to clean the cache?

Are most of the missing photos ones that were taken with your Camera app, or were they from somewhere else (like Instagram)?

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