Deleted File Recovery: Recover Deleted Files from Any Data Loss Scenario

RecoveryFox AI helps you recover deleted files caused by emptying the Recycle Bin, pressing Shift + Delete, accidental deletion, disk formatting, system crashes, malware attacks, and other data loss events. Preview recoverable files and restore documents, photos, videos, audio files, and more with AI-powered undelete file recovery.

An emptied Recycle Bin

Shift + Delete

Formatted hard drives/USBs/SD cards/...

Overwritten by a file with the same filename

Crashed hard drives, system, software

Power issues

Virus or malware attack or software conflicts

Computer blue screen of death

Lost/RAW/Unallocated/Deleted partitions

External device errors

More data loss scenarios…

Recover Deleted Photos, Videos, Documents, and More from Different Storage Device

RecoveryFox AI helps you recover deleted photos, videos, documents, audio files, emails, archives, and hundreds of other file types from HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, memory cards, and external hard drives.

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Deleted Photo Recovery
PNG/JPG/RAW/ORF...

Deleted Video Recovery
MP4/MKV/AVI/8K...

Office File Recovery
DOCX/XLSX/CSV/PDF...

Deleted Audio Recovery
MP3/AAC/WAV/AC3...

Archives Recovery
7Z/ZIP/ZIPX/RAR/RAR4/GZ...

3D Graphics Recovery
3DS/STL/OBJ/DXF/WRL...

Deleted E-book Recovery
3DS/STL/OBJ/DXF/WRL...

Database Recovery
DEB/RPM/SQL/MDB/DAT/BZ2/ACCDB/...

Internal Hard Disk

Computer/Laptop

USB/SD/TF/CF/...

All Major File System
NTFS/exFAT/FAT/EXT/XFS/HFS+/APFS...

More supported file types and devices…

Now, Get RecoveryFox AI Ready to Unlock

98%

recovery success rate. Ensure no new data is written to the target disk for the best results

steps only: Select location > Scan > Preview and Recover. Easy peasy!

100+

universal formats that AI scan can precisely identify and rebuild from scattered fragments into complete files

All

types of files are recoverable in Quick Scan mode (if no data overwriting occurs).

100%

secure. Non-destructive recovery to your original data and drive with read-only mode

10,000+

found files like images, document files, texts can be restored and saved in minutes.

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Available on: Windows

All Solutions

Deleted File Recovery

Formatted File Recovery

Document Recovery

Photo Recovery

Desktop File Recovery

Recycle Bin Recovery

USB Drive Recovery

Hard Drive Recovery

Partition Recovery

How to Recover Deleted Files with RecoveryFox AI - Quick and Easy

Part 1. Tutorial Video

With advanced algorithms, RecoveryFox AI analyzes available data fragments to help reconstruct recoverable files. In this video, we’ll show you step by step how to recover files permanently deleted with Shift+Delete on Windows using RecoveryFox AI.

Part 2. Tutorial Article

Follow the steps below to see how this AI-enhanced deleted file recovery software retrieves your files back effortlessly from either an internal drive or external storage device.

Step 1. Select File Location

Launch RecoveryFox AI. On the home screen, choose the location where your data was lost and click on it to proceed.

Launch RecoveryFox AI

Step 2. Start Scanning

Then, this undelete file recovery software will begin scanning the selected location. Depending on factors including drive size or the number of files, this may take minutes or hours.

You can browse the scanned result list during the scanning.

Also, you can choose to pause the AI Scan at any time if you want to preview the found files.

Scan your device

Step 3. Preview and Recover

To preview a file, simply right-click on it and select “Preview”.

Then, select any item you want—whether it's all found files, a specific type folder, a subfolder, or an individual file.

Click “Recover”, then choose a secure location to save your files. To prevent data overwriting, it's best to use an external USB drive or hard disk.

Preview recoverable PNG files

For Recycle Bin deleted file recovery, the software will run a Quick Scan which usually completes within minutes and even shorter.

For other locations, AI Scan will automatically go on after Quick Scan ends for a more thorough and in-depth data scanning and rebuilding. With this AI-enhanced ability, even long-term deleted files and partially overwritten data fragments can be retrieved. The AI Scan process may take hours or even days mainly depending on your drive size, the number of files, and PC specs.

To enjoy a faster deleted file recovery solution, you can go to ‘Settings’ before starting choosing file location. Then allow to jump over unallocated space on your disk, overlook temporary files, and broken archive format.

Questions? We have answers.

1. Can RecoveryFox AI recover deleted files for free?

RecoveyFox AI allows everyone to scan and preview recoverable files for free. To recover files, you’ll need a license.

2. Can permanently deleted files on Windows be recovered?

Yes, but it depends on whether the data has been overwritten. You can use built-in tools like Windows File Recovery (Windows 10/11 only) or a smarter and simper solution - RecoveryFox AI.

3. How do I recover permanently deleted files in Windows?

The easiest way is to use RecoveryFox AI to scan the deleted file location and recover them in no time.

4. How to recover deleted files from an external hard drive, SD card, or USB drive?

Connect the external storage device to your computer and scan it with RecoveryFox AI. Then preview and recover your deleted files from a USB drive, SD card, or other storage device with ease.

Undelete File Recovery Software: Recover Permanently Deleted Files