RecuvaDownload scans your drive, USB stick or memory card and pulls back photos, documents and videos you thought were gone for good — free, and without the jargon.
Goes past the recycle bin to find files the drive has already marked as "free space" but hasn't overwritten yet.
Most everyday deletions turn up in under a minute — no need to run the deep scan unless you have to.
Thumbnail previews for images so you're not restoring files blind, plus a health indicator per file.
USB sticks, SD cards, external HDDs and even iPods — plug it in and point the scan at it.
Going the other way — permanently wipe sensitive files so they can't be recovered by anyone else, either.
A portable build runs straight from a USB stick — handy when it's the host machine's own drive you're recovering from.
Run the setup file — it takes under 30 seconds and asks for nothing but the install folder.
Choose the drive, folder or device where the file used to live, then start a quick or deep scan.
Tick the files you want back and restore them to a different drive — never the one you scanned.
The scan engine reads raw file signatures, not just the file table — so it can put names back on files even after a format, in most cases.
Under 6 MB, installs in seconds, and doesn't ask you to create an account first.
v1.55.0 · 5.4 MB · Windows 7–11 & macOS 11+
The core scan-and-restore tool is fully free with no watermarks or restore limits. An optional paid edition exists for automated scans and priority support, but you never need it to recover a file.
Not always — once the space a deleted file occupied gets overwritten by something new, recovery odds drop fast. That's why we recommend scanning as soon as you notice the file is missing, and restoring to a different drive.
Yes. The installer is digitally signed and scanned against major antivirus engines before every release. We link only to the official build on this page.
Often, yes. The deep scan reads raw file signatures rather than relying on the file table, so it can still identify files after a quick format in many cases.
Not directly — this build targets Windows and Mac drives, USB storage and memory cards. Phone-internal storage needs a different approach we cover in the recovery guide.