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We capture memories through photographs and want to cherish those memories forever. What if one day you realize that your precious photos of big achievements and milestones are missing from your Windows 10 desktop or laptop? Now the question is how to recover missing photos from your system? If you follow the methods given in this post, you should be able to recover the missing photos easily.
1). Go to the Recycle Bin: Any document or photo, which is deleted (by pressing the Delete key) on Windows system usually goes to the Recycle Bin. You can check the Recycle Bin for the recently deleted photos. Here are the steps to recover deleted photos from the Recycle Bin:
Note: This option will not work if you have deleted the photo using the Shift+Delete keys or have emptied the Recycle Bin.
2). Recover Deleted Photos Via File History Backup: Windows 10 features an inbuilt recovery and backup tool called the File History. This feature allows users to create backup copies of files and restore the deleted or missing files effortlessly. Here are the steps to restore missing/deleted photos using the File History feature:
Note: This method will work only if you have enabled the backup option beforehand on your Windows 10 system.
3). Restore Deleted Photos Using System Registry: This may not be the direct method to recover the missing photos but it is one of the easiest ways to recover missing photos from the Recycle Bin. The Windows System Registry enables you to restore the Recycle Bin on your system if you have deleted it by mistake. Here are the steps to restore the Recycle Bin using the System Registry option.
If the above methods do not work, you need to use effective photo recovery software to recover the missing/deleted photos. There is free and paid software available in the market. The following are a few popular photo recovery software for Windows 10.
The software mentioned above share some common features and are designed to help you retrieve deleted photos easily. However, they may differ in terms of their price, performance, and results.
This post mentions some methods to recover missing photos from Windows 10. You can recover recently deleted photos from Recycle Bin. If this doesn’t work, you can use File History Backup or System Registry to recover your missing photos.