How to Recover Files Deleted from USB Flash Drive/SD Card Not in Recycle Bin [2023]

Why Files Deleted from USB Flash Drive/SD Card Not in Recycle Bin?

Recycle bin is used for users to save deleted files on the computer. It means all files deleted by clicking the Delete button will be put to the place. As for other file deletion, like using command line or Shift Delete are not put there, covering files deleted from USB drive, flash drive, SD card, TF card as well as any other external hard drives. In this case, it’s a normal situation that files deleted from USB are not in recycle bin.

What to do to recover files deleted from USB flash drives, SD cards, TF cards, etc. since they’re not put into the computer recycle bin? I am sorry to say there is no cancel button for the deletion. If you want to restore deleted files on a USB flash drive and SD card, you must use professional data recovery software for help.

USB Flash Drive/SD Card File Data Recovery – Retrieve Deleted Files Not in Recycle Bin

Since you can’t see the deleted files in recycle bin, then you can’t restore the deleted files manually. And the data recovery software tool, iBeesoft Data Recovery is for help. The USB flash drive data recovery software is developed for scanning the USB flash drive, SD card, or any other hard drives, displaying you with all the found files, letting you recover the needed files. The software is great. Here are some of its main features.

Please note that to increase the recovery success rate, do not get any further operation on the USB flash drive or SD card. Otherwise, the delete files will be overwritten by new data, cause data loss permanently. After then, follow the steps below to recover deleted files from USB flash drive and SD card.

How to Recover Files Deleted from USB Flash Drive/SD Card, Not in Recycle Bin

Whether you deleted files from USB flash drive or SD card on a Windows PC or Mac, you can install the data recovery software for help. Get the right version according to your computer operating system.

1. Connect USB Flash drive or SD card with your computer

Please connect the USB flash drive or SD card from where you have deleted files, with your computer, letting the computer detect it as an external drive.

2. Scan USB flash drive or SD card

Launch the undelete or unformat flash drive software. After then, select the USB flash drive or SD card as the target drive to scan for deleted files. Click "Scan".

3. Preview and Recover deleted files

Let the software finish the whole scanning process. While doing it, it puts the found files in the corresponding file categories. When the scanning process is finished, please preview found files. When find the needed files, select them and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.

To avoid data loss again, don’t save the recovered files to the USB flash drive or SD card again.

Knowledges you might not know

Though USB flash drives and SD cards make it easier to bring documents and files, it is still a risk to have files on the device. There are many reasons that cause data inaccessible, like deletion, the device becomes raw, virus attack, file system crash. In this case, you’d better make copies of important files on your computer. Instead or doing it manually, data backup software is available as well.