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How Do I Recover Permanently Deleted QuickTime Player Screen Recording?

After deleting the screen recording, I removed it from the Mac Trash as well. Is there a way to get the video back? I understand it's lost, but I'm wondering whether I can retrieve it. Any advice?

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Dany· Answered on Sep 17, 2025

How do we recover permanently deleted QuickTime player screen recordings? You'll have multiple choices when recovering deleted videos on your Mac.

If you have local backups like Time Machine backups, it's recommended to recover permanently deleted QuicTime screen recordings from Time Machine directly, and it can be the most straightforward solution. Don't worry if the Time Machine is not enabled; try professional video recovery software, which is also very helpful.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac is one of the best choices for recovering deleted QuickTime Player recordings. To retrieve missing screen recordings, download the software by clicking the following buttons and following the tutorial.

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Step 1. Open the software on your Mac and choose the hard drive or volume to scan. If you have saved screen recordings on an external backup disk, you can also connect it and scan the disk to find the desired recordings.
Step 2. During scanning, you should choose the Type tab in the sidebar and select Videos to organize all the recoverable QuickTime video files.
Step 3. To ensure the selected videos are the desired ones, preview them and recover deleted QuickTime recordings.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac supports various video formats, and most QuickTime screen recordings are saved as MOV files. To quickly find your files, you can also use the filter to find recoverable MOV videos on the Mac.

Use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost files easily and quickly.

Tutorials on how to recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, or other storage media on Windows and Mac.

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