Most of you may suffer from the wrong deletion. If the deleted files are sent to the Recycle Bin, you can recover them easily. But if you have emptied the Recycle Bin, do you know how to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin? You can find effective ways in this MiniTool post.
A Closer Look at Recycle Bin
As a computer user, you must be familiar with Recycle Bin, which is used frequently when you perform deletion action on the hard disk. But do you know exactly what is Recycle Bin? Before we try to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin, let’s have a closer look at this practical tool.
The so-called Recycle Bin is a system folder included in the computer. It is mainly used to temporarily store deleted hard drive files.
Recycle Bin in Windows
In general, files, folders, pictures, shortcuts, and Web pages deleted from hard drives are frequently found in Recycle Bin and those files will be kept there until we further delete them/empty the recycle bin or until the total size of deleted data exceeds the maximum limit.
As you can see from the above content, you can get data recovery done easily if you delete valuable data carelessly before files are further cleared from the Recycle Bin.
Indeed, you’re able to use and manage Recycle Bin in a good way and configure it to be more personalized.
Trash in Mac
Like the “Recycle Bin” in Windows, Mac also has a similar unit called “Trash”, which is also mainly used to save deleted files in a computer, offering you a regrettable chance. After clicking on the icon of Trash Bin in the Dock, you will see a Finder window opening on the computer screen. In this way, all the files it contains will be displayed in front of you.
To be honest, with Trash, Mac users are allowed to put the icons they don’t want to hang around on their hard drives in convenient and easy ways.
Since you have known specifically about Recycle Bin, let’s go to the problem: How to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin. When you delete files by mistake, the first thing is to check the Recycle Bin. If the file is in the Recycle Bin, you can recover it directly. If not, you need to seek data recovery software’s help.
Recycle Bin Recovery in Windows & Mac
As far as I’m concerned, deletion is an ordinary operation you’ve depended on very much. Well, if the files, folders, or programs are deleted by mistake, how could you get them back with ease?
When you find your valuable data is deleted by mistake, you must make up your mind to complete data recovery, right? However, you may not know exactly how to do it. Let’s tell the truth – different measures should be taken in different situations.
In this part, I’ll focus on telling you the specific steps to recover deleted files without using any software.
3 Ways to Recover Deleted Files from Recycle Bin in Windows
Keep reading to learn how to recover files deleted from the Recycle Bin in 3 ways in Windows.
Way 1: Perform Ctrl + Z
This simple shortcut key combination means to undo the last action. You can use it to recover the file you just deleted. If you want to recover one deleted file after performing several actions, this method doesn’t work.
Please note files that are permanently deleted can’t be restored by pressing Ctrl + Z.
Way 2: Use the Restore feature in the Recycle Bin
Step 1: Open Recycle Bin to find the wanted files/folders.
Step 2: Select the files and right-click on them.
Step 3: Choose Restore from the context menu. You can also click on the Restore the selected items choice on the top toolbar.
Way 3: Drag the files out of Recycle Bin
Step 1: Open Recycle Bin and find your wanted file.
Step 2: Left-click on it and drag it to the destination location directly.