How to Recover Deleted DCIM Folder from Android Memory Card

"Yesterdays, I mistakenly deleted the camera picture folder named DCIM during picture transfer from my digital camera to USB flash drive. I wrongly choose the DCIM folder when I was trying to delete another picture folder on the flash drive to free up some disk space. As a result, all the inner stored pictures were gone. Is there any way to recover DCIM folder? I am really urgent to get all of my pictures back!"

DCIM folder recovery overview

DCIM is the short form provided for Digital Camera Images or Android device pictures. When you insert a memory card (SD card, xD card, microSD card, CF card) into a camera or Android phone, it searches for the DCIM folder and if it is absent, the device will create one by itself. And all the pictures that are taken from camera and Android device will be saved in DCIM folder. However, there are many reasons which may cause DCIM folder to be deleted and result in huge data loss disaster. That’s why so many users are looking for DCIM folder data recovery solution online.

If you happened to come across such a situation, please don’t worry! Your Deleted DICM folder is still left on your camera memory card or Android phone memory card and recoverable with powerful memory card recovery software. In this page, we will show you, step by step, how to recover DCIM folder and images, videos, and other files on Android or memory card.

Recover deleted DCIM folder on Android or memory card with EaseUS file recovery software

For an easy and efficient data recovery, you have to find a reliable DCIM folder recovery software. EaseUS file recovery software is recommended as the best choice. The program can help you recover DCIM folder lost in various situations, for example, accidental deletion, memory card formatting, file system corruption, abrupt removal of memory card, virus infection, etc.

To recover deleted DCIM folder on Android phones or memory card, follow these steps:

Step 1. Connect your memory card to the computer, launch EaseUS file recovery software. Select the memory card where you lost your DCIM folder and click "Scan" button.

Step 2. The software will start a quick scan first. After the quick scan completes, a deep scan will automatically launch in order to find more files.

Step 3. After the scan, you can preview all the listed recoverable picture files one by one and select out those you want. Then, click "Recover" button to get them back once. Here you should save all the recovered files on another disk to avoid data overwriting.