How to Recover Deleted Videos [Windows 11/10 included]

Part 1. Four Common Situations in Which We Need to Recover Videos on Windows

Videos can record beautiful occasions, but sometimes, we cannot save them ideally. It is a pity when we delete our vital videos by mistake. Generally speaking, videos might be lost in the following three situations:

Unexpected operations: You press these command lines like “Delete”, “Ctrl + D”, or “Shift + Delete” carelessly.

Computer crash: You might lose videos after reinstalling Windows.

Virus attack: You may not find or open the videos because of a virus attack

Empty the Recycle Bin: You intend to get back some deleted videos while there is nothing.

Part 2. How to Recover Deleted Videos from the Recycle Bin on Windows

When a video is deleted, it goes into the Recycle Bin. If you haven’t emptied it, you can restore the video there.

Step 1. Enter into the Recycle Bin to find the deleted video.

You can search for it by its name, original location, date deleted, size, and item type.

Step 2. Double-click or right-click the target video and choose “Restore”.

However, if there isn’t the wanted video in the Recovery Bin, this method doesn’t work. You need to try other methods.

Part 3. How to Recover Deleted Videos from File History on Windows 11/10

If File History is available on your Windows 11/10 computer, and you have the data backup, then you can choose File History to return your video. Here are the steps on how to recover deleted videos from PC Windows 10:

Step 1. Open the Start Menu on the Desktop.

Step 2. Type “File History” in the search box and hit “Enter”.

Step 3. Click “personal files”. Choose the video you intend to recover, and you can preview it through right-click.

Step 4. Click “Restore” in the middle of the bottom of the interface.

Exactly, File History is convenient. However, it may not suit everyone. Some of us don’t have a backup habit, or some File History is off because the computer has no usable drive or network location. In these cases, we’d better use more professional software.

Part 4. How to Recover Permanently Deleted Videos in Windows 10

If the above two methods don’t work well and you tend to solve various data loss issues absolutely, I recommend an intuitive tool—Aiseesoft Data Recovery. Don’t worry about its operation; it is simple to handle. You can restore videos from many devices, even if you have emptied the Recovery Bin. What is more, videos in all formats and different types of audio, images, and documents can be found easily.

Features:

• Recover data from various devices, including computers, hard drives, flash drives, memory cards, and more.

• Recover any file types like images, audio, video, and more.

• Fix damaged pictures with AI to the original quality.

• The data recovery process is suitable for all situations, including recovery from a crashed PC or Mac, recovery from the recycle Bin, recovery from a disk, and recovery from a virus attack.

How to recover permanently deleted videos in Windows 10 and other Windows systems like Windows 11/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (SP2 or later) or Mac 10.7 and above:

Step 1. Download, install and run Aiseesoft Data Recovery on your computer.

Step 2. Select the devices and location where the lost video was taken.

Step 3. Click the “Start Scan” button in the lower right.

Step 4. Find the deleted video, and you can preview it with a right-click.

Step 5. Choose the target video, and click the blue button “Recover”.

Part5. FAQs about Retrieving the Deleted Video Files