As we know, if you manually deleted files on your Windows computer, these deleted files will be moved into Recycle Bin. You can restore them from recycle bin before you empty the bin. But what if you carelessly emptied recycle bin, is it possible to retrieve them?
The answer is yes, because when you empty the recycle bin on Windows 10, system will mark the space in recycle bin as available room, and these deleted files are going to be overwritten. In other words, if they aren’t covered by new data, you still can get them back. But you can’t make it directly, you need the help of third-party Windows recovery software. And there are two free ways for you to recover deleted files from recycle bin after empty on Windows 10.
- Method 1. Retrieve recycle bin deleted files in Windows 10 via File History
- Method 2. Recover permanently deleted files from recycle bin with Puran File Recovery
Solution 1. Retrieve recycle bin deleted files in Windows 10 via File History
File History is a backing up and restoring feature built in Windows 10, which lets you retrieve permanently recycle bin deleted files like documents, photos and music from Windows backup. Just follow the below steps to make it.
Step 1.Open the folder that previously had the deleted files on your Windows.
Step 2.Click the “History” button, then you will see all the files that were included in recent backup.
Step 3. Click “Previous” button, choose which file to recover and click “Restore” to retrieve your deleted files.
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Solution 2. Recover permanently deleted files on Windows 10 with Puran File Recovery
When you empty recycle bin on Windows 10, Puran File Recovery is another good method to get permanently deleted files back. This program is totally free and completely compatible with almost Windows versions including Windows 10. It is capable of recovering up to 50 data types such as songs, photos, videos, compressed files, etc. In below, we offer you a detailed guide to operate it.
Step 1. Launch Puran File Recovery on computer, select “File Recovery” as shown below.
Choose File Recovery
Step 2. Now, you are on the file recovery panel. You can choose which drive to scan, select one scanning pattern and click “Scan” to continue.
Select which drive to scan
Step 3. After scan, you can see all deleted files in your chose drive. You can use filter to quickly get your needed data types like music, videos and documents, pick up which file to retrieve, click “Recover” and choose a location to save them on your PC.
How to recover deleted files from recycle bin after empty on Windows 10
Note: After recovering progress ends, you can check your retrieved files on your Windows computer by navigating to the destination that you chose to save files.
We do hope this article will help you. If you know about other handy Windows data recovery tools, please share with us in comment section.
