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How to Restore Deleted Photos from Android (Internal Storage & SD Card)

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Restore Deleted Photos from Android

It always happens that you just want to delete certain photos but fail to find that the perfect photo to Instagram has been deleted too. It will be worse if you do not back up Android photos beforehand. Thankfully, you can still restore deleted photos from Android phone perfectly. And it does not matter where your deleted photos are saved. Can't wait to get back deleted photos from Android internal memory or SD card? The following paragraphs are good references that you can restore deleted Android photos.

Part 1: Is It Possible to Restore Deleted Photos on Android Phone

If you deleted photos by mistake on Windows or Mac computer, you can find deleted photos back immediately from trash. However, there is no similar "Recently Deleted" folder in Android. Once you confirm to delete photos or albums, you cannot find those deleted photos in your Android phone. But it does not mean you are not able to restore previous deleted photos from Android phone.

Your deleted photos still exist in the internal storage or SD card in "invisible" state. To be more specific, the storage space of your Android phone is limited. If you do not save new contents into your Android phone, those deleted photos are still available to be restored. But once you add new items, then those deleted photos will be overwritten automatically. Therefore, you had better do not save any file to your Android to protect the safety of deleted photos.

Part 2: How to Restore Deleted Photos from Android

Apeaksoft Android Data Recovery is your reliable restoring deleted photos Android app that can undelete your important memories with ease. You can find deleted photos directly, and then use Android Data Recovery to recover deleted photos from Android. Furthermore, Android Data Recovery can help Android users restore downloaded photos from online sites, photos with your Android phone camera and more. In another word, you can use Apeaksoft Android Data Recovery to restore all deleted photos from Android without data loss.

Key Features of the Professional Android Data Recovery APP

  • Restore lost videos, photos, music, and WhatsApp file from Android device
  • Restore deleted contacts, call logs, SMS and documents from Android internal storage or SD card
  • Output restored photos and other Android files with different output formats
  • Selectively restore any Android data to your computer without data loss
  • Highly compatible with Samsung, HTC, LG, Huawei, Sony, Sharp, Windows phone and more
  • Back up photos and other Android data to PC or Mac for forever presentation

How to Restore Deleted Photos from Android Phone

Step 1. Connect your Android phone to computer

Free download and install Apeaksoft Android Data Recovery on Windows or Mac. Launch it and then use the lightning USB cable to connect your Android phone to computer. Android Data Recovery app will detect your Android cell phone automatically within few seconds. As a result, your deleted photos can be "visible" again. So it is the crucial step to determine whether you can restore deleted photos from Android phone successfully or not.

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Note: If Android Data Recovery fails to detect your Android phone, you can follow on-screen instructions listed to enable USB debug. Different Android devices have different methods to enable USB debugging manually.

USB Debugging

Step 2. Scan photos from your Android phone

After Android Data Recovery detected your Android thoroughly, you need to choose which file type you want to restore. As for restoring deleted pictures from Android, select "Gallery" and "Picture Library" under "Media" list. Moreover, you can tick more file types if you need to get other deleted Android files back. Hit "Next" button to continue.

Note: Before restoring deleted photos from your Android phone, it is necessary to root your cell phone to get permission of accessing your Android phone data. Even though you do not root any smart phone before, just follow easy-to-understand instructions to have the privilege from Android Data Recovery. After you have rooted Android, press "Retry" to move on.

Step 3. Preview deleted photos to restore

All your Android photos will display in the main interface. Turn on "Only display the deleted item" to access deleted photos from Android internal storage or external storage. Click the certain image and then you can see it clearly with the preview window in the right panel. It is the good way to find the specific Android deleted picture from hundreds of similar items effectively.

Preview Deleted Photos

Step 4. Restore deleted photos from Android to computer

Tick all deleted photos you want to restore. Hit "Recover" button to download and restore deleted photos from Android to computer. You can point a folder to save restored Android photos. Moreover, it is also supported to select which image format to output. By now you can restore deleted photos from Android internal storage or SD card safely and easily. Additionally, Android Data Recovery app is also your professional tool that can restore other deleted or lost Android contents perfectly.

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