How to Recover Lost Videos from Samsung Galaxy Phones?

After carefully capturing hours of concert moments, or the many unique videos stored in Samsung's library, it can be heart-breaking to suddenly find those precious videos gone. Even if you've combed through folders like DCIM, cameras, and albums, you don't have to be too upset if you still can't find those missing videos. This article aims to solve the problem of how to retrieve those videos that seem to have been lost from Samsung Galaxy series phones.

Whether you have A Samsung Galaxy S series (from S8 to the latest S series models), Note series (from Note9 to the latest Note models), or any of the A Series, Z Series, M series, J Series, the following video recovery methods will help you. In addition, we have prepared a detailed guide on how to recover deleted video albums from microSD cards, ensuring that data can be easily retrieved from the phone's internal storage or external memory card.Of course, after successfully retrieving the video, don't forget to set up an efficient data backup for your Samsung phone. Backing up your data will keep you from losing it.

Method 1 Retrieve Deleted Videos from The Trash Bin of Samsung Galaxy's Gallery App

If you need to retrieve deleted videos, naturally the first solution to consider is to try to recover them from the recycle bin (or referred to as "trash" in Samsung devices or "Recycle bin" under the specific Galaxy series). Although the system interface of Samsung phones does not directly display the traditional recycling bin folder, the utility function is built into the Gallery app and is intended to provide users with a safety net to capture and temporarily store recently deleted pictures and videos.

This function acts like a recycle bin on your computer, providing an opportunity to recover accidentally deleted files. However, please note that files that have been moved to the Trash or Recycle Bin will be automatically cleaned if they have not been recovered for more than 15 days. Timely action is therefore essential.

If you are not familiar with how to find the recycle bin or perform recovery actions in the Samsung Galaxy Gallery app, you can follow these steps.

Step 1 Unlock your Samsung Galaxy Gallery phone and launch the Gallery app.

Step 2 Tap the three-point menu icon on the gallery screen to expand more options.v

Step 3 From the menu that is displayed, select Garbage or Recycle Bin. You will then see a list of recently deleted photos and videos.

Step 4 Locate the video you want to restore and click Restore. This way, deleted videos can reappear in your gallery.

Tips: In addition to finding the recycle bin directly under the "Pictures" TAB, you can also try exploring whether there are other paths to access the Recycle Bin feature in the bottom navigation bar of the Gallery app through the "Albums," "Stories," or "Shares" tabs.

Method 2 Retrieve Lost Video Using Samsung Video Recovery Software

When the video in the trash (or recycle bin) is unfortunately deleted permanently after the 15-day expiration, or you accidentally click Delete again in the recycle bin, don't despair, because Android data recovery software can be your salvation. Based on advanced recovery technology, Android Data Recovery can deeply scan the memory of Samsung phones to search and recover video files in MP4, AVI, WMV, 3GP, FLV and other formats. Not only that, it also has a wide range of recovery capabilities, including but not limited to restoring factory Settings, virus attacks, human error, system crashes and other unexpected situations, to help users easily find lost pictures, text messages, documents and other important files.

On how to retrieve lost Samsung videos using Android Data Recovery, you just need to complete the following steps.

Step 1 Install and start the data recovery program on your PC or Mac, and select the "Android Data Recovery" mode.

Step 2 Connect your Samsung Galaxy phone to your computer using a USB cable. Then, click "Allow" as prompted to activate USB debug mode.

Step 3 On the software screen, select the check boxes next to Gallery, Photo Gallery, and Video, and click Next.

At this point, if your phone has root access, the software will start a deep scan to search for more data that may be hidden. After the scan is complete, you will see a list of all recoverable video files on the interface.

Step 4 Select the video file that you want to recover from the list and click Recover.

And in the pop-up dialog box, select a safe storage location to save the recovered video file. Click "Recover" again to successfully retrieve the lost video from your Samsung Galaxy phone.

Tips: You can use this recovery process to recover data from Samsung tablets, such as recovering videos and other types of files. However, please note that when you find data loss, with the continuous writing of new data on the Samsung Galaxy phone, there is a risk that the deleted files will be overwritten, so it is recommended that you immediately stop all activities on the phone, and quickly download and install this recovery tool to maximize the recovery success rate.

Method 3 Retrieve Deleted Videos Using Samsung's Kies Desktop Tool

The Samsung Kies desktop app is a powerful tool that seamlessly synchronizes and securely backs up your Samsung smartphone or tablet with your computer, including multimedia materials such as videos and pictures, as well as private data such as contact information and call logs. If you've created a backup of your lost Samsung videos with Kies and have access to the computer where those backup files are stored, restoring deleted videos for free is a breeze.

Here are the steps recommended by Samsung to recover deleted videos using Samsung's Kies desktop tool.

Step 1 Start Samsung Kies. Make sure you have Samsung Kies installed on your computer and open the program.

Step 2 Connect the device. Connect your Samsung phone to your computer using a USB cable.

Step 3 Go to the backup/restoration page. At the top of Kies' main screen, locate and click the "Backup/Restore" TAB.

Step 4 Select a recovery option. On the backup/Restore screen, select the Restore Data option.

Step 5 Select a backup file. Browse and select the backup file that contains the deleted videos you want to recover. Use the Find Files feature to quickly locate the target backup. On the backup file details page, select Video to ensure that the video file is selected for restoration.

Step 6 Start the recovery. Click the "Restore" button and Kies will automatically begin the recovery process. If there are more than one version of the video file in the backup, select the version you want to restore as needed and click "OK".

Wait for the recovery process to complete and click the "Finish" button. You can then view the recovered Samsung video files on your computer.

Tip: Please note that Kies may not support all models of Samsung phones and tablets. If the backup cannot be recovered using Kies or the device cannot be identified, you are advised to try other recovery methods.

Method 4 Visit Trinebula's Dumpster to Recover Deleted Videos

For those of you who have taken full advantage of Samsung's 5GB of free cloud storage to safely sync your precious library photos and videos to Tri-Cloud, here's a useful tip to help you retrieve your deleted videos. Please follow the steps below to easily access the Sanxing Recycling Station to achieve video recovery on your Samsung phone.

Step 1 Navigate to Settings. On your Samsung phone, locate and tap the Settings app.

Step 2 Access cloud account management. In Settings, look for and click on the "Accounts and Backup" or "Cloud and Accounts" option. Then click on "Three Nebulae" and select the "Gallery" service from there.

Step 3 View the dumpster. In the gallery screen, locate and go to the "Trash" or "Recycle Bin" section. Here will be a list of images and videos that have been deleted within the last 15 days.

Step 4 Restore the video. Browse through the list in the recycle bin, find the video you want to recover, click on it, and select the "Recover" option. The video will then be automatically restored to your Gallery app.

Tip: Your phone may not be able to upload files larger than 1GB to Three Clouds. With the exception of DRM-copyrighted content, all photos and videos in the Gallery app will remain in their original format after being uploaded to TriNebula.

Method 5 Recover Permanently Deleted Samsung Videos from Google Drive

If you've backed up Samsung videos to Google Drive and faced a situation where you needed to restore deleted videos, don't worry, the recovery process is quick and easy. Note, however, that the effectiveness of this method depends entirely on whether you keep a backup copy of your deleted or lost videos in Google Drive. Here are the steps.

Step 1 Use Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer to open the web version of Google Drive and log in to your Google account.

Step 2 In the left sidebar, click Trash or Recycle Bin.

Step 3 In the recycle bin, locate the Samsung video file that you want to recover, highlight it with the left mouse button, and right-click to expand the operation menu.

Step 4 In the menu list that appears, select the "Recover" option. The deleted Samsung video will be quickly retrieved and restored to the original location.

Tip: Google Drive will automatically empty the recycle bin within 30 days of a video being deleted by default, so be sure to do so promptly.

Method 6 Recover Permanently Deleted Samsung Videos from Samsung SD Card

If your Samsung mobile video is stored on a microSD card and accidentally lost or deleted, and you want to restore its original quality and resolution, then Geek Data Recovery software will be your right-hand man. The video formats supported by Geek Data Recovery Software include but are not limited to MOV, MP4, MKV, AVI, FLV, MPG, WMV, 3GP, etc.

On how to recover permanently deleted Samsung videos using Geek Data recovery software, you can refer to the following steps.

Step 1 Install and start the Geek Data Recovery Software on your computer. The microSD card is inserted into the SD card adapter and then connected to the computer. Wait patiently for the computer to recognize and load the SD card.

Step 2 On the Geek Data recovery software page, select Video Recovery and specify your SD card as the target drive.

Step 3 Click the "Scan" button. The software will automatically search and list all recoverable video files. Then in the list of recoverable video files, you can use the Filter function to quickly locate deleted videos. In addition, you can also try clicking on "Deep Scan" to get more comprehensive recovery results.

Step 4 After selecting all the videos that you want to recover, click the "Recover" button and specify a safe location on your computer to save these video files.

After recovery is complete, do specify the save location to find the recovered video file. At this point, you can connect the data cable to the Samsung phone, or use a cloud service, etc., to safely move these video files back to the DCIM folder in the phone or other designated location.

Summary

These are 6 effective ways to recover deleted Samsung videos. You can choose the right method according to your own situation. Among them, using data recovery software, such as Geek Data Recovery Software, is simple and convenient, without any technical background.