How to recover deleted pictures?

On April 28, this year I used CleanmyPC and it deleted pictures from the “My Photos” folder, I had several pictures in there, how can I recover it? My PC is windows 11 and 8GB RAM.

I need those photos urgently as they are very much precious to me. Can anyone help?

Tagged: Photo Recovery

Data Recovery

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Arin Vale

Keymaster

June 9, 2025 at 7:05 am

If you wish to delete the files from your SD card, formatting is always a great option. Try to format the SD card using the CMD.
Type diskpart and press Enter. Next, run these commands one by one:

list disk – identify your SD card by its size.
select disk X – replace X with your SD card’s number.
clean – erases all data.
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 quick – or use exfat for larger cards.
assign – gives it a drive letter.

Cookie Jane

Participant

June 9, 2025 at 7:01 am

Will this also help me deleting the files, as my SD card is behaving funny. God knows what is the reason.

John Willy

Participant

June 9, 2025 at 6:52 am

Funny, how CleanmyPC indeed cleaned your PC. I always knew these tools only cause problems. Never recommended.

Arin Vale

Keymaster

May 30, 2025 at 5:11 am

Hi Mack,
Of course, you need to download the Mac version of photo recovery software. Rest the process is simple to recover the pictures from Mac.

This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by Arin Vale.

Mack

Participant

May 30, 2025 at 5:06 am

Same thing will work on mac too?????
My pictures were gone from my mac ;(. I was such a foolish to not use the Time machine for updates.

Arin Vale

Keymaster

May 26, 2025 at 5:03 am

Of course, Beatrice.
With the help of the Stellar Photo Recovery tool, you can easily recover your lost pictures from your SD card. Try it yourself.

Beatrice

Participant

May 26, 2025 at 4:57 am

My Photos were lost from my small SD card from my phone. Will I be able to recover them. Those are very important to me. Please tell me.

Arin Vale

Keymaster

May 20, 2025 at 4:37 am

I’m sorry to hear about your situation — losing precious photos can be distressing. Since you’re using Windows 11 and used CleanMyPC, it’s possible that the software deleted the images permanently or moved them to the Recycle Bin.
First, check your Recycle Bin to see if the photos remain; if so, you can easily restore them. If they’re not there, and if you had File History or any backup enabled on your system, you might be able to restore the images from a previous backup.
If no backup is available, you can use reliable photo recovery software such as Stellar Photo Recovery or any other trusted tool. Make sure you install the software on a different drive to avoid overwriting the deleted data, and scan the drive where the “My Photos” folder was located.
Let me know if you need help with any of these steps — we’re here to support you.