How to Undo Empty Recycle Bin without Backup [FREE]

Is it possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after empty?

Also, the Shift + Delete key combination can achieve the effect of an empty recycle bin, but most users don't even know it's there. It also bypasses the Recycle Bin directly if the files/folders are too big to recycle.

Steps to undo empty Recycle Bin without backup 🔥

As is known all backups can help you recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after empty, but what is urgent is that many users don't have the habit of backing up files. At this time, free yet professional Windows data recovery software like AOMEI FastRecovery is recommended.

With advanced and unique scanning techs, it can easily and efficiently search and recover data from Recycle Bin, even after empty. Quick Scan is suggested as it can find files in the shortest time while the Deep Scan will scan the disk thoroughly and find more data, thus taking longer. 

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Why Choose AOMEI FastRecovery?

• With a user-friendly interface, all users can use it easily and quickly.
• Recover deleted or lost documents (e.g. recover deleted Word files), photos, videos, compressed files, etc.
• Search, filter, preview, and recover files while scanning, greatly saving your precious time.
• Recover specific files or folders instead of all.
• Work perfectly with NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, and ReFS file systems.
• Recovers data from formatted drives, corrupted partitions, or due to system crashes, virus attack, and other scenarios.
• It has a free edition that can recover data over 500MB.

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Now, follow the guide to recover deleted files from recycle bin after empty in a breeze. You need to download and install on your computer. Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 and servers are available. 

Step 1. Launch AOMEI FastRecovery. Select the drive you used to store deleted files and click the Scan button.

Step 2. Then the scanning process will start automatically. By default, it will use the Quick Scan method. The process is fast, so you don't need to wait long. Also, during scanning, you can try the following options to find files quickly and preview them (if necessary). 

Step 3. Select the deleted files you want and click Recover. Please select a new location to save the recovered files to avoid data overwriting. 

Try it if you empty Recycle Bin! With it, you can recover deleted files in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and servers.

Other 4 methods to recover files deleted from Recycle Bin 

You can also try the other 4 methods to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin after empty. Not all methods are useful for deleted files but hidden or inaccessible one.

Way 1: Recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after empty using File History

If you enabled File History before deletion, you might be in luck. It will create copies of the user's folder, such as Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Desktop, Pictures, etc. Try it if your deleted files are there.

Step 1. Open Control Panel > System and Security > File History.

Step 2. On the left sidebar, click Restore personal files.

Step 3. Navigate through the folder containing deleted files, then select them and click Restore.

Way 2: Restore the Previous Version of Deleted Files or Folders

Windows stores shadow copies of files as part of system restore points. So you can try to restore previous versions of deleted files or folders with it. 

Step 1. Navigate to the folder that previously contained the deleted files.

Step 2. Right-click the folder and choose Restore previous versions.

Step 3. Pick a version with your file and click Restore. If you are not sure, click Open to double check. 

Way 3: Recover Deleted Files from OneDrive Backup 

If your files were synced with OneDrive, you can retrieve them from the cloud.

Step 1. Go to ☁️ OneDrive.com and sign in.

Step 2. Browse to the folder where the file was last located.

Step 3. Select the file(s) and click Download to recover to your device.

Way 4: Use CHKDSK and ATTRIB Command Prompt

CHKDSK can sometimes check and fix logical errors, which may cause files to suddenly disappeared. Note this method doesn’t always work for deleted files but is useful for finding files that became hidden or inaccessible.

Step 1. Press Win + R, type cmd, and select Run as Administrator.

Step 2. Type chkdsk X: /f /r (replace X with your drive letter) and press Enter.

Step 3. After scanning, type ATTRIB -h-r -s /s /d X:\*.* and press Enter to reveal hidden items.

🛠️How to prevent losing your data (Next Time)

You may accidentally delete important files or the files may be deleted as a result of virus attack or system error. Normally, you're able to get them back from the Recycle Bin. But if you empty the ecycle Bin, you can't recover permanently deleted files without software unless there is a backup.

If you still don't have one, it's advisable to backup files to external hard drive or other devices to avoid data loss in the event of an unexpected event. You could consider using free backup and restore software - AOMEI Backupper Standard, with more flexible options.

Step 1. In AOMEI Backupper, select Backup to see all backup features. To backup the entire disk, select Disk Backup.

 Step 2. The Task Name helps distinguish backups from each other. Set it if necessary and click Add Disk to choose the disk you want to backup.

Step 3. Click the folder-shaped button to select another location for the disk image. You can create a disk-to-disk backup, or backup to a USB flash drive, CD/DVD, NAS device, network drive, and others.

Step 4. Optionally, you can click Schedule Backup to set an automatic backup, such as daily, weekly, monthly. By default, in a scheduled task, it will automatically compress backup images, backup only new or changed files, etc., to reduce image size as much as possible.  

Step 5. Click Start Backup to carry out disk backup and wait until the operation is complete. Click Finish to exit the interface.

After the backup task is complete, you can use it to recover deleted files at any time. Click Restore and Select Task or Select Image Files to locate backup image. Then, you will be asked to select a location to save the backup image, just do it and click Start Restore. finally. 

Closing words

This post primarily introduces how to undo Empty Recycle Bin on Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11, and servers.

Though you’re not able to undo the Empty Recycle Bin, you are surely able to recover files even if they are permanently deleted from the Recycle Bin with the help of AOMEI FastRecovery. Of course, you still can try the other 4 methods to recover files.

Besides, a professional data backup tool is also introduced to help you prevent data from losing again.