How to Recover Deleted Videos from SD Card: SD Card Video Recovery (Proven)

"I recorded a short video about our graduation ceremony on my camera SD card, however, when I was about to transfer it to my best friend today, I find it was missing! How can I recover deleted videos from my SD card? Can anyone tell me how to recover deleted videos from SD card for free?"

This is a post released in Canon Community by someone and I guess many people may have suffered the same situation. To be honest, it is feasible to recover deleted videos from an SD card, but you need to take action as soon as possible, since the deleted data will be overwritten easily.

Part 1 The Common Situations That You May Lose Videos from SD Card

Nowadays, many devices allow users to expand storage space by embedding an expandable memory card slot inside the device and the expanded SD card storage indeed makes it a better experience for us. For example, when I have too many photos, videos, or apps, I can store or install them to an SD card to make the device run smoothly and stably. However, sometimes we may encounter SD card data loss and you may want to know why your videos get lost from SD card.

There are a lot of reasons why you cannot find videos on an SD card and the common situations are as follows:

• Accidental deletion of a video file from SD card
• Virus infection or bad sector on SD card
• Formatted SD card
• SD card gets corrupted or inaccessible
• Malware deletion of video files that have not been used for a long time
• Improper removal or ejection of SD card when transferring videos to/from computer
• Power failure during video transfer or usage
• Wrong usage of SD card on multiple devices or devices with different operating systems
• Other unknown reasons

Part 2 Why Is It Possible to Recover Deleted Videos from SD Card?

Can you recover deleted videos from SD card after you suffer SD card video loss? Probably. If you accidentally deleted a video from your Android smartphone's or tablet's SD card, you can recover it from the "Recently deleted" folder of the Gallery app, which keeps the deleted photos or videos for up to 30 days. Or, if you cannot find the deleted videos in it and you did not overwrite any new data to your device after video loss, you can still recover deleted videos from SD card via a professional SD card video recovery app.

That is because when you delete a video from the SD card, the deleted video is temporarily marked as replaceable or invisible in system, once new data generates in the device, the deleted video will soon be overwritten by new data and permanently deleted from your device. If you want to recover video files from SD card, you need to switch off mobile data/Wi-Fi and power off your device immediately after the video gets lost from SD card. Then you can use the recommended SD card video recovery app below to restore deleted videos from SD card.

Anyway, backing up video files is always a better way than recovering deleted video from the memory card.

Part 3 How to Recover Deleted Videos from SD Card?

Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android is the best ever SD card video recovery app, which supports to conduct video recovery from SD cards without root. It can display all your videos that are stored on your SD card on the interface, and allow you to preview and select your videos for recovery. Furthermore, you can check your deleted items only by toggling on the "Only display the deleted item(s)" icon.

Besides, you can transfer your videos from the SD card to your computer for backup. It can also recover deleted deleted videos from Android internal storage, but it requires a rooted Android device for complete scanning.

OS Requirements: Windows 7/8/10/11, or Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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Extra Tips to Avoid Losing Data from SD Card Again

Now you have mastered how to recover deleted videos from SD card. Though Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android can restore deleted videos from SD card without previous backup, backing up SD card in advance is always wiser than recovering deleted video from memory card after video loss happens. Also, to avoid losing data from SD card again, here are some useful tips for you:

• Back up important data of your device in time.
• Always copy and paste files rather than cut and paste files when transferring data between one device to another.
• Buy SD cards from reliable retailers.
• Avoid ejecting SD card during video file transfer.
• Never use an SD card on multiple devices or devices with different operating systems.
• Use the updated antivirus software to scan and remove virus or malicious attacks on SD card.
• Never format your SD card in haste even if your computer warns "SD card is not recognizable, please format it". If you really want to do so, back up it before formatting.
• Stop using the SD card immediately after video loss.
• Never remove or change SD card when turning on camera or other devices.
• Never view videos when your device is in low battery.

Conclusion

This is all about how to recover deleted videos from SD card. Next time, when you encounter the same situation, you will not worry about "How can I recover deleted video from my memory card?" Of course, we hope data loss will never happen on you again, so it is necessary to back up everything on Android device. However, if data loss happens, we highly recommend you to use Coolmuster Lab.Fone for Android, which is highly secure, easy to operate, fast in transfer and light in size.

If you encounter any problem during use, feel free to leave a comment below.

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