{"id":8191,"date":"2025-02-27T14:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/?p=8191"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:50:37","slug":"how-to-recover-shift-deleted-files-from-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/how-to-recover-shift-deleted-files-from-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Shift Deleted Files from Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Summary:<\/strong> Have you accidentally deleted important files using the “Shift + Delete” command? In this blog, we will guide you on how to recover your files and folders that have been unintentionally deleted using this keyboard shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Windows, a file can be deleted simply by pressing a single key, and deleting it permanently requires just one keystroke combination: Shift + Delete. The main difference is that when a file is shift-deleted, Windows does not keep it in the Recycle Bin. At this point, most users assume that their valuable data is lost forever. However, that is not the case.<\/p>\n

Even when you purposefully (or accidentally) shift-delete a file or a folder, Windows does not erase the data. Instead, it marks the space occupied by the file as available for new data. As long as the space is not overwritten by new data, you can recover the deleted files with the help of \u201cprevious versions\u201d or specialized data recovery software.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hence, it is important to stop using the drive from which files have been deleted. This blog gives a step-by-step explanation of the two methods that will help you recover shift-deleted files.<\/p>\n

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1. How to Recover Files deleted with Shift+Delete Command?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can use previous versions to recover shift-deleted files from a Windows PC or laptop. Previous versions are snapshots of a folder\/location on your Windows system that existed prior to modification or deletion of files from the folder. You can use these older versions of a folder (or of the root drive location, such as drive D:\\) to restore shift-deleted files in Windows 10 & 11.<\/p>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: Windows records previous versions only when the following settings have already been configured on your system prior to file deletion:<\/p>\n