Need to revert a photo to its original state? If you find you've accidentally over-edited an otherwise great image in the Photos app and then saved it—no worries! This tip will allow you to restore the original photo like the changes never even happened. Here’s how to revert photos on iPhone using the native Photos app.

Why You’ll Love This Tip

Being able to restore photos in iPhone’s Photos app is useful if you don’t like how your edits turned out.
Get unedited photos back in your Photos app to see what they really looked like in all of their natural beauty.

How to 'Unedit' a Picture in Photos App

System Requirements

This tip was performed on an iPhone 17 Pro Max running iOS 26.3. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.

Regardless of what photo edits you've made and saved, such as cropping or adding filters, you can always revert the photo to its original version. To learn more about image editing and more, don't forget to check out our Tip of the Day newsletter. The steps below show you how to restore edited photos to the original version after you've initially (or accidentally) saved your photo edits.

Open the Photos app.
Locate the edited photo you want to return to its original state and tap the More menu in the top right.
Tap Revert to Original.
All of your edits will be deleted and you will see the original image without a confirmation step.

If you worry about losing your edits for good, you can always duplicate the edited photo and then follow the steps above to have one original and one edited photo. I consider this the ultimate iPhone photo edit hack because it's easy to get carried away when editing.

Now you know how to "undo" on iPhone via the Photos app. Next, learn how to quickly compare the edited and original photo to see if you want to revert it.