Wondering how to recover deleted photos on Samsung? If so, you are in the right place as we are going to look at different ways to recover deleted photos that most Samsung Galaxy users are unaware of.
The methods described in this article can be used to
Recover deleted photos from virtually all Samsung phones
, including Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, S10, Note 10 Plus, Note 10, S10e, Note 9, S9 Plus, Fold, A80, S9, Note 8, A7, S8, S7, S6, S5 and others.
For best results, we recommend that you don't delay in recovering your lost photos. If you start right away and follow our instructions carefully, you should have all your photos back in no time.
How to Retrieve Photos on Samsung Galaxy from Cloud
We would like to start this article by describing how to recover deleted photos which Samsung users are unable to recover from the trash section of Gallery app using several popular cloud storage services.
Photos stored in the cloud
can be restored from any device
, so the following methods can be used even if you lost or damaged your Samsung Galaxy device. For the sake of simplicity, we recommend that you perform the restore on a computer with a fast internet connection.
Variant 1. From Samsung Cloud Backup
Samsung Galaxy device owners can take advantage of Samsung official photo backup solution called Samsung Cloud and use it to recover deleted photos which Samsung phones and tablets see as empty storage space.
note
: In order for this Samsung Galaxy photo recovery method to work, the gallery auto-sync feature must be enabled. If the feature is not enabled, your photos will not be saved to Samsung Cloud.
Follow these steps to get photos on Samsung Galaxy from cloud:
open that
web version
from Samsung Cloud in your favorite web browser.
Sign in to your Samsung account.
Choose Gallery.
Tick all the photos you want to retrieve or select All.
Select the download icon in the top right corner of the screen when done.
Variant 2. From Google Photos
Google Photos is a popular cloud backup solution that works on all Samsung phones and tablets. Users get unlimited storage space if they want to limit photo resolution to 16MP. All images backed up by Google Photos can be backed up directly from the Android app to be restored.
note
: The Android app only allows you to download one image at a time. To download multiple images with a single click, use the web version of Google Photos.
Follow these steps to get photos from Google Photos:
Open minded
google photos
in your web browser.
Sign in with your Google account.
Hover over each photo you want to retrieve and click the little check mark in the top right corner.
Click on the three dots in the top right corner of the screen.
Choose Download.
Variant 3. From Microsoft OneDrive
Ever since Microsoft introduced the ability to automatically save photos and videos on Android smartphones and tablets to OneDrive, many Samsung Galaxy users rely on it on a daily basis. If you are a Windows user and have OneDrive activated on your computer, the Photos you want to recover might already exist on your hard drive, so you can just copy them to your device. If not, the OneDrive app makes it easy to recover them straight from the cloud.
Follow these steps to recover photos from Microsoft OneDrive:
open that
OneDrive app
.
Click Photos below.
Select the photos you want to recover.
Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
Select the Save option.
Variant 4. From Dropbox
Although Dropbox offers relatively little storage space for free compared to other cloud storage services, it remains very popular among Samsung Galaxy users who dislike Samsung's own cloud storage service.
Follow these steps to recover photos from Dropbox:
open that
Dropbox app
.
Navigate to the Photos folder.
Select the pictures you want to recover.
Click on the three dots in the upper right corner.
Select the Save to device option.
Variant 5. From Google Drive
In July 2019, Google disabled the photo backup feature that allowed Google Drive users to automatically back up photos from their devices to the cloud and moved them to Google Photos. Previously backed up photos remain on Google Drive and you can use them like everyone else restore other files.
note
: Unlike Google Photos, you can actually recover multiple pictures at once from the Google Drive app, but we still prefer the web version as it's accessible from any device.
Follow these steps to recover photos from Google Drive:
Open minded
Google Drive
in your web browser.
Navigate to the folder containing the photos you want to recover.
Hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard and click each photo you want to recover.
Click on the three dots on the right side of the top menu bar.
Choose Download.
Recover deleted photos from Samsung Galaxy from internal phone storage
Before explaining how to recover deleted photos from Samsung phone, we need to clarify something: there is a big difference between photos disappearing from gallery and photos being deleted. Samsung Galaxy users often freak out because their Can't find photos in Gallery app and quickly assume the photos are gone. In reality, the photos may still be in the internal phone storage and can be easily recovered from there.
How to recover deleted photos from internal phone storage:
Download and install
SideSync
.
Connect your computer and Samsung Galaxy device to the same wireless network. Alternatively, you can use a USB cable.
Start SideSync on your computer.
From the toolbar, select My Documents.
Go to the Pictures folder and look for the deleted photos. If you can't find them there, go to Device Storage instead and check all the folders where the photos might be saved individually.
Drag the photos you want to recover to your desktop.
How to recover deleted photos from SD card in your Samsung Galaxy phones
In this section we explain how to recover deleted photos from gallery Samsung users can no longer recover from recycle bin because they were deleted permanently. The solution?
Photo recovery software for Mac
and
window
.
There are many photo recovery software applications out there, but not all of them can recover photos from Samsung Galaxy devices and only a few are easy to use and reliable. To help you avoid photo recovery applications that do more harm than good, we have two best options for Windows and Mac users selected.
Option 1. For Mac users with photo recovery software
Since version 3,
Disk drill
provides the ability to recover data on the internal memory of Samsung Galaxy devices. With this option, you can recover all deleted photos in just a few clicks and rest assured that Disk Drill will find all image file formats, including JPG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF , to name just a few examples.
How to recover deleted photos using Disk Drill for Mac:
Download
Disk Drill for Mac
and drag the installation file into the application folder.
Data recovery for free
Your companion for deleted file recovery
Free download
Connect your Samsung Galaxy device to your Mac via USB and allow Disk Drill to access it.
Grant Disk Drill full access to your device. If your device is not rooted, you must
fix that
to enable Disk Drill to recover your deleted photos.
Launch Disk Drill for Mac and click Recover to scan for permanently deleted photos.
Preview and select the photos you want to recover.
Click Restore again to restore.
Option 2. For Windows users with photo recovery software
During
Windows version of Disk Drill
tip
Recover Photos from Android Devices Directly
, you can still use it to recover photos from SD card in your Samsung Galaxy phone.
How to recover deleted photos using Disk Drill for Windows:
Download and install
Disk Drill for Windows
.
Remove the SD card from your phone and insert it into a memory card reader connected to your PC.
Launch Disk Drill for Windows and click the Recover button next to the SD card. Wait for the scan to finish.
Use the preview feature to select photos for recovery.
Click Recover again and choose where you want to recover the deleted photos.
Click OK to start restoring.
If you don't have access to a memory card reader, you can use it to recover deleted photos from your Samsung Galaxy device
Wondershare dr.fone
, a desktop app for Windows PC that can recover data from 6,000+ Android devices including all Samsung phones and tablets, such as Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, S10, Note 10 Plus, Note 10, S10e, Note 9, S9 Plus, Fold, A80, S9, Note 8, A7, S8, S7, S6 and S5.
How to Recover Deleted Photos from Samsung Using an Android App
DiskDigger
is a small but powerful photo recovery app for Android. The free version can recover photos and videos from all Samsung Galaxy devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or higher. There is also a Pro version of DiskDigger, which has a whole It can recover range of other file formats and provide better results by scanning all internal memory for lost and deleted files.
How to recover deleted photos with DiskDigger:
Download DiskDigger from the . down
Google play store
by searching for "DiskDigger".
Click the Start Simple Photo Scan button.
Select the photos you want to recover and click Recover button at the bottom.
Choose one of the three available recovery options.
How to avoid losing your photos from Samsung Galaxy next time
Just because there are multiple ways to recover deleted photos from Samsung devices doesn't mean that you shouldn't do everything in your power to avoid losing your photos again in the future.
Data loss can happen at any time
, and he likes to arrive unannounced.
Let's take a look at some top tips to avoid photo loss on Samsung. Implementing just one of them will go a long way in preventing future data loss and saving you from the feeling of losing precious pictures.
1. Sync your Samsung device to your computer.
Samsung has made it very easy for its smartphone and tablet users to transfer photos to a computer. All you have to do is install it
SideSync
application, and then connect your device to your computer using a USB data cable or Wi-Fi.SideSync lets you drag and drop files from Android applications, including photos from the Gallery app.
2. Back up photos to a memory card.
Most Samsung Galaxy devices come with a memory card slot, which you can consider a handy backup solution that works even without an internet connection or computer. Should your device ever stop working, you can simply remove the memory card and access the access photos stored on it.
3. Enable automatic phone backups.
In the Settings app under Backup & Reset is the Android backup feature that allows you to automatically back up your data and account to Google Drive. We highly recommend you turn it on unless you have one very good reason not to do this as it allows you to recover data in a situation where you can no longer access your Samsung Galaxy device.
4. Backup photos to cloud.
As long as you don't live in a remote area without a reliable and fast internet connection, you can automatically back up photos to the cloud using a cloud storage service like Samsung Cloud, Google Photos, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Mega. Every cloud storage service has its pros and cons Cons, but let them all
Recover your photos from any device
.
summary
As a Samsung Galaxy user, you have several options to recover deleted photos from your device. Some of these options only work if you have backed up your photos, while other options, such as
Disk drill
, can be used to recover even permanently deleted files. As long as you act fast enough, you should be able to easily recover anything important.
FAQ
To recover permanently deleted photos, you need a capable photo recovery application like
Disk Drill for Mac
.
Download and install Disk Drill.
Connect your Samsung Galaxy device to your Mac via USB and give Disk Drill full access to it. Remember that your device
rooted
for Disk Drill to recover your data.
Launch Disk Drill and click Recover to search for permanently deleted photos.
Preview your photos and choose the ones you want to recover.
Click Restore again.
Photos deleted in the last 15 days can be found in the Gallery app's Trash. To access them, tap the three dots button on the Pictures tab of the Gallery app. If you're past the 15-day window missed, your only option is a photo recovery app like
Disk drill
The Recycle Bin on Samsung Galaxy devices is actually called the Recycle Bin, and you can access it by tapping the three dots button on the Pictures tab of the Gallery app. Items in the Recycle Bin are permanently deleted after 15 days.
Samsung cloud backup service provides a convenient way to recover deleted photos without computer. Here's what you need to do:
Open Samsung Cloud in your favorite web browser and sign in.
Choose Gallery.
Select all the photos you want to retrieve or select All.
Click on the download icon in the top right corner of the screen.
When you delete photos on a Samsung device, you'll find them in the Gallery app's Recycle Bin. However, the photos only stay there for 15 days, so don't treat the Recycle Bin as an archive. Also, the Recycle Bin doesn't replace a proper backup solution.
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