4 Ways to Recover Recycle Bin Files in Windows 10

As you may be aware, when you pick a file on Windows 10 and press the Delete key, the file is moved to the Recycle Bin, where it will remain until you manually empty the Recycle Bin, allowing you time to change your mind and simply retrieve the deleted file.

Besides, just in some cases, when you manually empty the Recycle Bin, some files you still need are also permanently deleted from your computer. Here this guide comes, giving you a hand to recover files from the Recycle Bin in Windows whether you emptied the Recycle Bin or not.

The direct way to recover files from Recycle Bin in Windows 10

The Recycle Bin on your computer helps temporarily save the deleted files for you. If you haven’t emptied the Recycle Bin or deleted files from it, you can simply right-click the files you’d like to recover and click Restore to get them back.

How to recover Recycle Bin files after emptying in Windows 10

What happens if you empty the Recycle Bin or delete the file from the Recycle Bin permanently? So, how can you find deleted files on your computer?

Way 2. Quick and deep recover files via MyRecover

The most direct way to recover deleted data from the Recycle Bin after emptying in Windows is, of course, to rely on a professional data recovery software. It is highly recommended MyRecover, which supports all-inclusive types of files, including photos, videos, and audio files in different format, as well as emails, compressed files, and so on.

Equipped with an advanced scanning algorithm, MyRecover can quickly and deeply scan and filter all deleted and lost files from your computer, and you can choose to retrieve the wanted files.

Click the icon below to free download MyRecover on your computer, and follow the three simple steps to recover lost files from the Recycle Bin in Windows 10/8/7.

Step 1. Run MyRecover on your computer > Hover the mouse over the drive saved deleted files before, and click Scan.

Step 2. Wait for the scan process to finish. You can view the deleted/lost files by clicking each folder from the Scanned files list screen during the scanning.

Step 3. Check Recycle Bin to choose the filtered files that you want to recover from the scanned folder in the list > Click Recover x files > Finally, choose a destination to save the files, and the recovery process will be finished in seconds.

Besides deleted files, MyRecover can also help you recover files lost in different situation, which includes data recovery after disk formatting, system crash, and virus attack, etc.

Way 3. Recover deleted files using CMD

If you prefer a way to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after emptying in  Windows 10 without third-party software, Windows Command can give you a hand. Although not 100% effective, it’s worth a try to recover files from a empty Recycle Bin in Windows.

Step 1. Input cmd in the search bar of Windows > Click Command Prompt > Choose Run as administrator.

Step 2. Input the command ATTRIB -H -R -S /S /D X:*.* > Replace the X with the letter of your hard drive.

You may now retrieve files even if the Recycle Bin is emptied. Close the CMD window and go to the specific disk to check whether the files are retrieved.

Way 4. Recover deleted files from a file history backup

You are given an inbuilt backup function to perform disk backup in Windows. If you have set up and enabled the backup function, you can try to recover the Recycle Bin files by restoring the backup. Follow the steps below to have a try.

Step 1. Go to Control Panel on your computer and choose System and Security.

Step 2. Select Backup and Restore (Windows 7) and click the Restore my files button.

Step 3. Finally, follow the onscreen instruction to find the deleted files and retrieve them to your computer.

Conclusion

That’s all for the detailed instructions to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin in Windows 10. You can easily restore deleted files from the Recycle Bin by a simple click if it isn’t emptied. If it has been emptied, it may take you some time to get deleted files back. To make things simpler, you can make use of the three-step data recovery software.