How to Recover Permanently Deleted Files from Mac/Win?

Lots of letters from users asking for similar questions like “How I can recover data files erased with Shift-Delete?” or “I accidently deleted files from the trash can. Is there any way for me to recover those files?” For convenience, we write this article to detail what permanently deleted files are and how to recover permanently deleted files.

A permanently deleted file, regardless of removed from the Recycle Bin or the Trash, is not one that can’t be recovered but a file whose disk space is marked as available and waits to be overwritten by new data. So, the first thing that you should do is to stop using the disk where the deleted file is immediately if you want to get it back. After that, you have to find a professional Data Recovery tool to restore permanently deleted file as soon as possible.

This wonderful Data Recovery (for Windows, for Mac) is just the one of your dreams. With it, recovering lost file, no matter permanently deleted from recycle bin, trash can, hard drive, memory card, flash drive, digital camera or camcorders, becomes as easy as a pie. The type of retrieved file can be video, audio, picture, document and more. The following is a step by step guide to help you better know how to use it to get permanently deleted file back (take Mac version as example).

Recover Permanently Deleted Files

The application offers a trial version to try out it. Just click “Free Download” button and follow the set-up wizard to install it. Attention: if the permanently deleted file was removed from an external storage media, you should first connect it with your computer.

Step 1 Go to “Application” to activate this Data Recovery and the primary window shows below. Choose “Lost Data Recovery” mode to have a try or other modes that the best fit for you.

Step 2 Highlight the drive from where file was permanently removed. What you can also do is to check the box before “Enable Deep Scan” and select file kind as you need. Once all set done, click “Scan” icon. This application will perform scanning automatically and quickly.

Step 3 Once the application finished the scanning process, it will list all found data in order. Just preview them, select the ones that you want to get back and click “Recover” button.

Step 4 From the pop-up window set a new location to save all restored files.

Note that Windows users can take the same steps to restore permanently deleted data from Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista.