If you enabled File History (it's disabled by default), all you have to do is use it to recover the file. File History saves the state of the included folders at a specific time.

After checking the Recycle Bin, Microsoft's command-line option is worth a try. But a dedicated recovery tool is often your best bet for retrieving a deleted file. Here's how to use one.

We show you how to recover files in Windows 11 by either checking your Recycle Bin, or finding them in your file history backups.

Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to recover deleted files, particularly if you realise your mistake quickly. This guide will show you how to recover deleted items on a Mac.

Here's how to restore earlier document versions from some of the top apps and services. We also explain how to recover files from backups on different operating systems.

Lost files can usually be recovered—if you discover the loss soon enough. But every time you write to the hard drive, you lower the likelihood of a successful recovery.

Gadgets How to Recover Any Version of a File Access to your edits in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and Apple Pages are just a click away.

Method 1: Recover emptied Trash on a Mac with data recovery software Using a data recovery program is the fastest way to return your deleted files after emptying the Trash.

It's just like an internal drive, but with a case and a plug. If the files on that drive aren't backed up, you could have a disaster, but there may be some hope.

Are you missing a file on your Mac or found that you deleted one you need? We’ll show you a handful of ways to recover lost or deleted files on MacOS.

Microsoft Excel has several features designed to help you recover unsaved versions of files and prevent data loss.