How to recover deleted files from recycle bin?

When you delete files on your computer, it doesn’t mean that they have been permanently deleted but just move to the recycle bin. It will keep your files until you empty them or the space is filled. How can you recover deleted files from recycle bin?

First, restore from the recycle bin

If you have any data loss, you should first check the recycle bin. If your files are still there, you can easily recover them.

1. Open the Recycle bin on desktop, locate your files

2. Right-click the detected files and choose the option of “Restore”

3. Check your files in their original location.

But there are some situations you cannot find your files in recycle bin:

1. You have emptied the recycle bin. No matter you directly empty it  in Windows explorer or use third-party software, all the deleted files in recycle bin will be moved from recycle bin.

2. The deleted files are larger in size than the customized size for  recycle bin. If your deleted files are too large for recycle bin, it will bypass the recycle bin so that you cannot find them there. If you do not want to loss them, you can modify the size so that the recycle bin can hold them.

3. You pressed shift+del combination key to delete the files. If you  press shift+del, the files will be permanently deleted from your computer. They also have passed from the recycle bin.

4. You have disabled the recycle bin. If you have check the option of “Do not move files to the recycle bin. Remove files immediately when deleted”. Then your deleted files will bypass the recycle bin.

How to recover deleted files from recycle bin?

1. Recover files from a corrupted recycle bin?

Sometimes, you will found that your recycle bin is corrupted. You cannot either empty it or deleted files in it, and cannot restore your files. What should you do to fix it?

Recover deleted files from corrupted recycle bin

2. Modify the registry to recover deleted files

If you are proficient in computer knowledge, you can try this way. But you’d better ask the professional to help you to avoid improper operations.

3. Recover deleted files from recycle bin with data recovery software

If you have no backups, the data recovery software can help you retrieve the lost files. But the software also have limitations. It can only recover the files which have not been overwritten. If do not have much operations on your computer, you have great chance to recover the lost files.