How to Recover Deleted Videos from Laptop on Windows 10

Can I recover deleted videos from laptop on Windows 10?      

You may have encountered the situation where you deleted videos from laptop or PC but ultimately find you need it urgently and don’t have any idea about the ways to recover them. So, where do deleted videos go on Windows 10? How long do deleted items remain in the Recycle Bin? Can permanently deleted videos be recovered?

Actually, once the videos are deleted, they would go to the Recycle Bin. However, the videos in Recycle Bin just remain for 30 days. After that, videos would be permanently deleted and you cannot get them back from the Recycle Bin. Luckily, the permanently deleted files are also accessible to recover from laptop on Windows 10.

How do “I” recover( permanently) deleted videos on my laptop?  

Here in this part, 4 ways are clearly shown how to recover deleted videos from laptop on Windows 10.

Recover deleted videos on Windows 10 laptop from Recycle Bin

Usually, Recycle Bin is our first choice to get back the items you accidentally deleted from laptop on Windows 10, but the prerequisite is:

• You didn’t empty your Recycle Bin.
• Delete videos no more than 30 days.
• You didn’t delete videos with the shortcut Shift + Delete.

Step 1. Double-click on the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop. Or you can search for “recycle bin” in the address bar from File Explorer to open the Recycle Bin folder.

Step 2. Locate the video files that needed to be recovered and right-click on them.

Step 3. Choose the Restore option to restore videos deleted to their original locations.

Recover permanently deleted videos from Windows Backup

If you have previously created a copy of the data using the Windows data recovery component - Backup and Restore - it is simple to recover deleted videos from a backup file. The steps for how to get back deleted videos on Windows 10 laptop by using a Windows backup are as follows.

Step 1. Open Control Panel, navigate to System and Security, and select Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 2. Tap on Restore my files.

Step 3. Click the Browse for files position to find the video files you wish to restore and hit Next.

Step 4. Determine a location for storing the restored data and click Restore. It is a better practice to save the recovered data to the new location instead of the original location.

Recover permanently deleted videos from Previous Version

Another effective way to restore permanently deleted videos from a laptop running Windows 10 is by restoring earlier versions. However, only if you've activated File History or set up a Windows system restore point before the loss you can use the feature to recover permanently deleted videos on Windows 10.

Step 1. Go to the folder that stored your deleted videos before, right-click it, and click Restore previous versions.

Step 2. A list of previous versions of this folder will be displayed in the Previous Versions tab. Pick the wanted folder version and tap on Restore.

Recover permanently deleted videos by using MyRecover

From the above ways, we know how to recover deleted videos from laptop on Windows 10. However, if the above ways are not working for you, why not choose a recovery software, like MyRecover, with which you can recover permanently/ recently deleted videos from laptop on Windows 10/11/8/7. 

You can enjoy the following advantages with MyRecover:

• It can easily recover deleted files without backup files and it can also recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after empty. 
• This recovery tool supports the recovery of more than 200 file formats including MS office files, videos, photos, emails, webpage files, and zip files. 

Step 1. Run MyRecover and hover the mouse over the drive, and click Scan.

Step 2. It will use Deep Scan and Quick Scan methods to examine all lost and missing files on that drive.

Step 3. As more deleted files are checked out, you can preview and select the items you want to recover. After making your selection, click the Recover x files button to save the videos to a new secure location and begin Windows data recovery.

Bonus tip: How to back up PC with a little effort

You must now assess the backup's importance. However, we must acknowledge the limits of the Windows backup and restore tool, such as the fact that it only backs up files on the C Drive. It is highly advised to utilize AOMEI Backupper as a backup program. It supports you to backup the whole disk to another safe place like cloud drive and offers flexible schedule backup.

Now follow me to learn how things work.

Step 1. Download AOMEI Backupper Standard, and install and launch it.

Step 2. Click File Backup under the Backup tab. Optionally, you can choose System Backup to back up the entire system partition, thus the user profile and other system files, and settings will all be backed up.

Step 3. Click Add File or Add Folder according to your needs and then add the stuff you want to back up. Finally, click on Start Backup.

Conclusion

Here in this post, we list the ways how to recover deleted videos from laptop on Windows 10, such as getting them back from Recycle Bin, using Windows Backup and Restore utility, restoring to Previous Version. If these ways are not working for you, then MyRecover will be a nice choice. Moreover, it is highly suggested to back up your PC with AOMEI Backupper to avoid data loss.