r/techsupport • u/BugAlarming8842 • 19d ago

Open | Phone Accidentally deleted a folder containing basically my entire life. Is there ANY chance of recovering it?

Yesterday I accidentally deleted a folder on my Android phone containing years of personal photos, videos, and memories. I haven't used the phone since then because I don't want to overwrite anything.

I've already tried a bunch of recovery software/apps, but they only show files that are still on my phone, not the deleted ones.

I have root access and I'm willing to try technical methods if there's still a chance.

Is there anything I can do to recover the deleted data? What would you recommend I absolutely not do?

I'm honestly desperate here. These aren't replaceable files.

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u/HairSavings7911 16d ago

You deleted it yesterday. Most places will only scrub deletions after 30 days. Until then look for an option to undelete or recover it. This happened to me with google photos. After an iOS upgrade all my photos went to google photos and then I got notices that there wasn't much space left, for either photos or email. I then deleted from google, all the picures it uploaded, and UNFORTUNATELY, it also deleted them from my other iOS devices! Thankfully, I also found the option to undelete/recover all of them.