By Michael | Last Updated
"Shift + Delete" is the combination key that deletes files without sending to Recycle Bin in Windows. After deleting the unwanted file with it, you cannot find any traces of the deleted file. This can effectively protect your privacy, but would make it hard to restore shift deleted files in some degree, which is troublesome if you shift delete files by mistake and want to get them back. Thankfully, it's still possible to recover deleted files after shift deleting them in Windows 10 if the deleted files are not overwritten by new data. You can realize retrieving shift deleted files by referring to the following content.
NOTE: Once your file is shift deleted, remember not to make changes to the location where you shift delete the file.
As what above says, you could not directly find the trace of the shift deleted file, but the specialized file recovery tool can help you do it. This kind of tool can not only scan out the shifted deleted files, but also recover them efficiently. For the recommended file recovery tool, here iSunshare BitGenius is worth mentioning. BitGenius enables you to recover the shift deleted files from various internal/external storage devices with the least efforts but the highest success rate. Besides, it also can assist you in recovering the lost data caused by formatting, emptying Recycle Bin, virus, etc. Now, let's see how does it work on shift deleted file recovery.
Step 1: Run BitGenius. Then set the location where you shift delete files to scan.
Step 2: After click Start, the tool will begin finding out the deleted or lost files from the set location for you. When the scanning process ends, "Scan Finished" will be shown for reminding and you can move on to choose target shift deleted files to recover. Just click the folder in which the deleted file is stored before. Then check the needed file in the right pane.
Step 3: Hit Recover in the lower-right corner and arrange another partition or another partition's folder for saving the recovered files.
Step 4: Once the deleted files are successfully recovered, a prompt would be popped out and you can click Yes to view the recovered files or not.
Different from the fore way which can be used in almost all shift deletion scenes, the 2 tricks here help you retrieve shift deleted files only when you have enabled specific Windows functions before. You can try the suitable one on the basis of your situation.
Restore previous versions is the function that turns the folder/partition back to its previous state. You can choose a latest version that contains the files you want to recover so that they are back. It can be applied if you have used File History to backup the files deleted with "Shift + Delete" buttons or created system restore points for the partition which is the original location of saving the shifted deleted files. To learn more details, you can click here.
Backup can save you from data loss and it comes in handy here. If you have created a backup for files you want to recover with Windows Backup, don't hesitate to follow this guide to restore the backup file. In this way, you could retrieve your deleted file, though it may not be completely the same as the one you deleted.
Related Articles:
