How to Recover Deleted Video from Canon Camera for Free [2022 Tutorial]

How do I recover deleted videos from my Canon camera?

Calm down. Normally, videos and photos deleted from a digital camera, no matter you are using a Canon camera or a Sony Camera, are recoverable. Because when you deleted them from your camera, they are not immediately erased from the SD card of your camera, but marked as unreadable. They won’t be really erased until new photos and videos come and overwrite them.

How to recover deleted video from Canon camera free [2 options]

Although you are able to recover deleted video from Canon camera, the success rate is not 100%. Bear in mind the tips below to improve your chances of success:

Option 1. Retrieve deleted video from Canon camera via data recovery tool [Recommended]

MyRecover is a great option for you to retrieve deleted video from Canon camera. If you have lost no time in using it to recover your videos right when they have been deleted, it will greatly increase the success rate. It is strongly advised for the following reasons:

Easy-to-operate. It allows you to recover lost/deleted photos from Windows within 3 easy steps.

All-inclusive. It applies to various data loss scenarios. Aside from recovering deleted videos and photos from the camera, it can recover data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, after system crashes, virus attacks, etc.

High recovery rate and speed. It recovers your videos with a high recovery rate and high speed, even if it was permanently deleted or quickly formatted.

Widely-compatible. It supports NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, and ReFS in Windows 11/10/8/7 & Windows Server.

Comprehensive. Whatever you have lost, videos, photos, audio, texts, emails, compressed files, etc., you could retrieve them back.

Download, install and launch MyRecover on your computer and connect your Canon camera SD card to the computer with a card reader.  

Step 1. Hover the mouse over your card reader. Then click Scan to let it be scanned.

Step 2. You will see your deleted videos that are recoverable listed here. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the videos you want to recover.

Step 3. Check the scanning result and choose a new location to save your recovered videos. Click Recover xx files to save the restored videos.

Option 2. Recover deleted video from Canon camera via Windows File Recovery

Another option on how to recover camera deleted videos is to use CMD with the help of Windows File Recovery. We have to say in advance that Windows File Recovery is a way to recover your deleted videos, but it is not an easy way because of the following reasons:

Preparation work before using Windows File Recovery:

To use this tool, check out your File System first. Go to This PC > right-click on the external drive that contains the deleted files > click Properties.

In addition, you need to use recovery mode and switches to get back your files. To decide which mode to use, refer to this table.

Switches are used to filter the scanning range, thus can save the scanning time.

Step 1. Download and install Window File Recovery on your computer from Microsoft Store and then open it.

Step 2. Open Powershell or Command Prompt (run as administrator). In the Command Prompt, enter commands in the following command format:

winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/mode] [/switches]

For example, if you need to recover deleted videos from C: drive (the SD card) to D: drive, then the command will be like:

winfr C: D: /n *.mp4

Conclusion

This post primarily introduces two options on how to recover deleted video from Canon Camera free. You can use MyRecover or Windows File Recovery. Although both of them are possible to help you retrieve your deleted videos, you’re recommended to use MyRecover as it offers a higher success rate.