Recover Mac Deleted Files from the Emptied Trash Bin

The below lists showcase the most typical ways of deleting files/folders on a Mac computer. In fact, these deleted items (even not in the Trash anymore) are recoverable.

• Directly drag files to the Trash and restart the computer.
• Regularly empty the Trash to remove deleted files for good.
• Permanently deleted files by using "Option + Command + Delete" hotkeys.
• Deleted files by clicking on the Finder menu and selecting "Empty Trash...".
• Bypass Trash to delete files by clicking "Delete Immediately" from the File menu. (On new macOS)

Why is it possible to recover deleted files on Mac

Whenever you deleted a file, you just remove the entry instead of the file itself. First, the space of this deleted file will be marked as "available" for writing new data. That's the key point why you can apply Mac data recovery software to trace the deep entry and eventually find the raw files!

Accordingly, once new data occupies the marked area for "available", it's getting hard for any piece of software on the market to retrieve replaced and overwritten files. That's it. The sooner you find data recovery solutions, the more deleted files you can get back.

How to recover deleted files on Mac

Losing important data is devastating. Fortunately, EaseUS Mac drive recovery program can hopefully recover deleted files from an emptied trash bin, a formatted hard disk, a crashed operating system and even a virus-infected Apple computer. This picture is about how people lost data on Mac. This also proves how encouraging to have powerful software to help recuperate the non-existed data files!

STAGE 1. Install EaseUS Data Recovery Software for Mac

This is a quick download button for trial version:

File size: around 30 MB
Estimated download time: 2 minutes

The trial version is for you to download for free. It works till the last step when it found all deleted files. The "Recover" button appears grey if it's not activated to a full version using a license key.

But it's a nice try to download the free version to recover files under 2GB. Get it on the product page if interested.

STAGE 2. Scan -> Recover

Step 1. Select the location where your important data & files were deleted and click the "Scan" button.

Step 2. The software will run both quick scan and deep scan and work hard to find as many deleted files as possible on the selected volume.

Step 3. The scan results will be displayed in the left pane. Just select the file(s) and click the "Recover Now" button to get them back.

STAGE 3. Sharing is caring. Help more people in need of getting deleted files back

That's how pretty easy to undelete files and folders from the emptied Trash with an all-in-one solution for Mac deleted recovery! As a matter of fact, the magic tool comes in handy anytime when you lose important data on an internal hard drive, a USB flash drive, a memory card, a pen drive... Why not share your happy moment in regaining the deleted files with others in trouble?