When it comes to recovering a deleted file on Windows, there are plenty of third-party apps available. Many of them we have covered about this blog, however Microsoft has released their very own recovery tool for Windows. You can use this tool to recuperate deleted files on Windows, as of this moment the tool can be obtained for Windows 10 2004 and above. So if you are running on the new edition of Windows, this can be used tool to recuperate deleted files from Windows PC.

While there are many things to understand before doing a recovery. It would better to start the recovery process once you realize that you accidentally deleted the file. If you overwrite in the location multiple times, likelihood of recovery are extremely slim, especially with SSDs. The app is a command-line based and doesn't have graphical user interface.

It can help you recover photos, documents, videos, and much more, Windows File Recovery supports many file types to assist ensure that your data is not permanently lost. You can recover from your hard disk, SSD (*limited by TRIM), USB drive, or memory cards.

The usage is pretty simple, for instance, to recover, make use of the command;

winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/switches]

Here you're specifying the source and destination along with file details [/switches]. Here is how the command looks like for a document.

winfr C: E: /n \Users\<username>\Documents\QuarterlyStatement.docx

There are different modes available like signature mode and segment mode.

Options that come with this tool:

Target file names, keywords, file paths, or extensions in your recovery
Recovers JPEG, PDF, PNG, MPEG, Office files, MP3 & MP4, ZIP files and more
Recover from HDD, SSD, USB, and memory cards
Supports NTFS, FAT, exFAT and ReFS file systems

The app is available free from the Microsoft store on Windows 10 and you need to have the latest form of Windows for doing things.