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Many free data recovery programs exist that can help recover your accidentally deleted files. These file recovery programs can help you recover, or "undelete" files on your computer.

Data recovery software is just one way to go. See How to Recover Deleted Files for a complete tutorial, including how to avoid common pitfalls during the file recovery process.

Undelete files you thought were gone forever with any one of these freeware data recovery tools including document, video, images, video, music/audio files, and more.

Portable option is available

Lots of advanced options

A wizard walkthrough makes it easy to use

Works on most Windows operating systems

Recuva is the very best free data recovery software tool available, hands down. It's very easy to use but has many optional advanced features as well.

Recuva can recover files from hard drives, external drives (USB drives, etc.), BD/DVD/CD discs, and memory cards. Recuva can even undelete files from your iPod!

Undeleting a file with Recuva is as easy as deleting one! I highly recommend that you try Recuva first if you need to recover a file.

Recuva will undelete files in Windows 10, Windows 8 & 8.1, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2008/2003, and older Windows versions like 2000, NT, ME and 98. 64-bit Windows versions are also supported. There is also a 64-bit version Recuva available.

Piriform provides both an installable and a portable version of Recuva. I tested file recovery with Recuva v1.53.1087 using their portable version on Windows 8.1.

Two ways to view the list of deleted files

Supports running as a portable version

Scans NTFS and FAT12/16/32 file systems

It's easy to see whether the file can be recovered well

Free for home use only, not commercial/business

Hasn't been updated since 2016

Puran File Recovery is one of the better free data recovery programs I've seen. It's very easy to use, will scan any drive that Windows sees, and has a lot of advanced options if you need them.

One particular thing to note is thatPuran File Recovery identified more files on my test machine than most other tools, so be sure to give this one a shot in addition to Recuva if it didn't find what you were looking for.

Puran File Recovery will even recover lost partitions if they haven't been overwritten yet.

Puran File Recovery works with Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. It'salso available in a portable formfor both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, soit doesn't require installation.

Organizes deleted files by category for easier viewing

Lets you filter the results by size and/or date

Supports a quick scan and a deep scan mode

Works with several different file systems

Lets you recover only 500 MB of data

Has to be installed to the HDD (no portable version)

You can't see how recoverable a file is before restoration

Disk Drill is an excellent free data recovery program not only because of its features but also due to theverysimple design, making it almost impossible to get confused.

According to their website, Disk Drill can recover data (up to 500 MB)from "virtually any storage device," such as internal andexternal hard drives, USB devices, memory cards, and iPods.

Disk Drill can also preview files before recovering them, pause scans and resume them later, perform partition recovery, back up an entire drive, filter files by date or size, run a quick scan versus a full scan for faster results, and save scan results so you can easily import them again to recovery deleted files at a later time.

Disk Drill works with Windows 10, 8, and 7, as well as macOS 10.10 and newer.

PandoraRecovery was another file recovery program but it now exists as Disk Drill. If you're looking for that program, you can find the lastreleased version on Softpedia.

Explains very clearly whether the file will recover fully

The download file is small

Viewing the list of deleted files is easy and user friendly

The program hasn't updated in a long time

Can't be used portably, so you have to install it

Setup attempts to install another program with Glary Undelete

Glary Undelete is an excellent free file recovery program. It's very easy to use and has one of the better user interfaces that I've seen.

The biggest advantages in Glary Undelete include the easy "Folders" view, a Explorer-style view of recoverable files, and a prominent "State" indication for each file, suggesting how likely a successful file recovery will be.

One disadvantage of Glary Undelete is that installation is required before you can use it. Another is that you're asked to install a toolbar, but you can, of course, decline if you don't want it. Aside from those facts, Glary Undelete is top notch.

Glary Undelete can recover files from hard drives and any removable media you might have including memory cards, USB drives, etc.

Glary Undelete is said to work in Windows 7, Vista, and XP, but it also works fine in Windows 10, Windows 8, and versions older than Windows XP. I tested Glary Undelete v5.0 in Windows 7.

It's really easy to use

Works from any portable location like a flash drive

You can search for deleted files by file extension and file name

Lets you restore more than one file simultaneously

Supports only two file systems (however, they are the most popular)

You can't preview an image file before restoring it

Unlike most file recovery tools, this one doesn't let you see how successful the file recovery will be

SoftPerfect File Recovery is another superb file undelete program. It's very easy to search for recoverable files. Anyone should be able to use this program with very little trouble.

SoftPerfect File Recovery will undelete files from hard drives, memory cards, etc. Any device on your PC that stores data (except for your CD/DVD drive) should be supported.

SoftPerfect File Recovery is a small, 500 KB, standalone file, making the program very portable. Feel free to run File Recovery from a USB drive or floppy disk. Scroll down a bit on the download page to find it.

Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2008 & 2003, 2000, NT, ME, 98, and 95 are all supported. According to SoftPerfect, 64-bit versions of Windowsoperating systemsare also supported.

I tested SoftPerfect File Recovery v1.2 in Windows 10 without any issues.

You can back up the scan results to restore files later without having to rescan the whole drive

Works on Windows and macOS

Lets you sort files by file type, date it was removed, and name

File recovery is easy because you can browse the folders like you would in Explorer

Supports previewing files prior to restoration

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is another great file undelete program. Recovering files is very easy to do with just a few clicks.

My favorite aspect of EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is that the user interface is structured much like Windows Explorer. While that may not be everyone's ideal way to display files, it's a very familiar interface that most people are comfortable with.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will undelete files from hard drives, optical drives, memory cards, iOS devices, and pretty much anything else that Windows sees as a storage device. It also does partition recovery!

Please know that Data Recovery Wizard will only recover a total of 500 MB of data before you'll need to upgrade (or up to 2 GB if you use the share button in the program to post about the software on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+).

I almost didn't include this program because of that limitation but since most situations call for undeleting much less than that, I'll let it slide.

Data Recovery Wizard supports Mac and Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP, as well as Windows Server 2012, 2008, and 2003.

Scans for deleted files quickly

Colored circles make it easy to quickly see whether a file will have a good or poor chance at recovering fully

There's a portable option

Works with Windows 10 through XP

When undeleting files, the original folder structure is not retained

Doesn't work on Mac or Linux

Wise Data Recovery is a free undelete program that's really simple to use.

The program installed very quickly and scanned my PC in record time. Wise Data Recovery can scan various USB devices like memory cards and other removal devices.

An instant search function makes it really quick and easy to search for deleted files that Wise Data Recovery has found. A Recoverability column shows the likelihood of a file being recovered withGood, Poor, Very Poor,orLost. Just right-click to restore a file.

Wise Data Recovery works with Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. There's also a portable version available.

Really easy to use

Portable program

Several ways to sort the results

Can search for empty deleted files

Lets you overwrite the deleted data

Supports up to Windows XP (officially; but still works on some newer OSs)

Doesn't work in Windows 8

Can't restore a whole folder at once, just single files

Doesn't say how recoverable the file is before you restore it

The Restoration data recovery program is similar to the other free undelete apps on this list.

The thing I like most about Restoration is how incredibly simple it is to recover files. There are no cryptic buttons or complicated file recovery procedures everything you need is on one, easy to understand program window.

Restoration can recover files from hard drives, memory cards, USB drives, and other external drives.

Like some of the other popular data recovery tools on this list, Restoration is small and does not need to be installed, giving it the flexibility to be run from a floppy disk or USB drive.

Restoration is said to support Windows Vista, XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98, and 95. I successfully tested it with Windows 10 and Windows 7, and didn't run into any problems. However, v3.2.13 didn't work for me in Windows 8.

Can undelete files from a variety of storage devices

Simple user interface that isn't hard to understand

There's a portable option

Helpful filtering and sorting options

Restores entire folders at once, as well as single or multiple files

Lets you know how successful the recovery will be before starting

FreeUndelete is self-explanatory it's free and it undeletes files! It'svery similar to other undelete utilities around this rank on our list.

The major advantage of FreeUndelete is it's easy to use interface and "folder drill down" functionality (i.e. files available for recovery are not shown in a big, unmanageable listing).

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20 Free Data Recovery Software Tools (September 2019)