How to Retrieve Deleted Files

Have you ever accidentally deleted a file or an email only to realize you didn't know how to get it back? Deleted files can be frustrating, but don't panic. You can recover deleted files, it just takes patients.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. 

   The first thing you should do to retrieve deleted files is make sure the file is not in your recycle bin.

2. If your deleted file is not in your recycle bin, then you should stop what you're doing and do not save anything else to your computer. The reason for this is because once you have deleted a file, your computer doesn't actually get rid of it. It will just save data over it. That makes it almost impossible to retrieve deleted files.

3. What I always do next is find a software program for recovering deleted files. The one I use is at a site called seriousbit. You can find this site in the resources below.

4. Go to the site and click on "undelete my files"

5. Download the free program and follow the directions to retrieve deleted files. You can also use it to recover deleted emails and photos.

Tips & Warnings

• This software program mentioned in the article will only work on PCs and not Macs

Resources

• Seriousbit