[Answered] Can You Get Back Permanently Deleted Photos?

Where do permanently deleted photos go?

Generally, with the wide use of PC, users would like to store important photos on their computers. However, when there are too many photos on the PC, you may encounter the “C drive is full” issue, you would delete some unwanted photos to get more free space.

The deleted photos will be moved to the Recycle Bin, and stored on it for 30 days by default. If you directly press “Shift+ Delete” key, the target photos may be thoroughly deleted from your PC, since it’s quite hard to find them.

Besides, if you suffer from the problems like viruses intruding, sudden power off, attack of malware, files being corrupted, and so on, the photos also may be permanently deleted.

Can you get back permanently deleted photos? The information about the permanently deleted photos’ location is just wiped, the photos can still stay on the disk until the storing path is covered with new files. Therefore, it is possible to get permanently deleted photos back with professional data recovery tools.

Can you get back photos you deleted permanently?

Yes. With powerful and professional data recovery tools, you can easily retrieve lost photos. Is there a way to get permanently deleted photos back? In this section, we will introduce two popular software for you, to recover permanently deleted photos effectively.

✿ Way 1. Run Windows File Recovery

Windows File Recovery is a practical data recovery tool produced by Windows. With input commands, this tool supports getting the deleted photos back from SSD, HDD, SD card and USB. You don’t need to worry about the file system, because you can get the files with different file systems back, including NTFS, ReFS, exFAT, FAT, etc.

This useful utility is produced for system versions newer than Windows10 20H1 Build 19041, if your Windows OS is suitable, you can try it to regain your permanently deleted photos.

Step 1. Download Windows File Recovery from the Microsoft Store, then install it with the Administrator account.

Tips:  
✍ The command is : winfr source–drive: destination–drive: [/mode] [/switches]
✍ There are two modes to scan the photos: Default and Extensive. Please choose one based on your condition.

The extensive mode can be divided into other two mode: Signature and Segment. In Signature mode, you can use the file headers recover all lost files under the file system. In Segment mode, you will be able to restore the lost files with file record staging under NTFS.
✍ Here are some switches for you to perform the task.

✍ Please be sure that the typed command is correct, because the wrong command will lead to terrible data loss.

Step 2. Choose the Default mode. Then input “winfr C: D: /n *.docx” to search all DOCX files on the C drive and copy them to the D drive, press “y” to continue.  

 ✿ Way 2. Run a powerful data recovery tool

If the Windows File Recovery is too complicated for you, can you get back permanently deleted photos with another tool? Here, you can try the powerful AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. It is simpler and more compatible (being used on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP).

You can always believe in the power of this tool. In the user-friendly GUI, you can recover all types of files on your PC, including Word documents, photos, videos, songs, etc. It supports restoring various files with different file systems, such as FAT 32, NTFS, ex FAT, and so on.

No matter how you lose your photo (PC crash, accidentally deleting, disk formatting, etc.), it can easily get them back. If you want to recover the photos on an SD card, USB, SSD, HDD and other devices, this software can also help you.

Step 1. Install and open AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, then select  "Recover" > “Recover Data”.

Step 2. Choose the drive storing the lost files before, click “Start Scan”.

Step 3. When the scanning task is completed, all deleted files will be listed on the interface. Choose the target files and click “Recover”. 

Step 4. In a new window, choose a folder path and click “Select Folder”.

Step 5. When you see the following window, the selected lost files have been recovered, click “OK”.

Tips:
✦ Other advanced functions are designed for you: App Mover, Disk Clone Wizard, Convert dynamic disk to basic, Windows To Go Creator, SSD Secure Erase Wizard, etc.
✦ When you decide to recover the deleted photos from your Windows Server devices, we recommend you to go to the Server Edition.

To sum up

Can you get back permanently deleted photos? This post introduced two practical tools to help you recover permanently deleted photos and other files. If you want to perform the task easily, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be your best workmate.