27 Best Free Photo Recovery Software For Windows

Today we are discussing 27 best free photo recovery software. These photo recovery  software let you recover deleted/lost image files. All these software are freely available and are compatible with Windows PC. A few of the features of these photo recovery software are as follows: can recover deleted image files from various types of media devices including hard disk, pen drive, SD card, MMC, flash card etc., support for number of file systems including FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS etc., also supports other types of file formats, scan the selected drive for deleted images, and more. Feel free to try out all the software on the list that we compiled for you and see which software suits your needs.

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Pandora Recovery

Pandora Recovery is a small, free, and easy to use photo recovery software. You can use it to recover deleted photos or images also. It can recover deleted photos from hard disk, memory card, pen drive and from other media devices. It can recover images from FAT or NTFS file system. It also has a recovery wizard. You can specify the drive and it will search for deleted images and shows you the thumbnail and other info. Images that have to be recovered can be selected to specific location.

Wise Data Recovery

Wise Data Recovery is a free data recovery software including photos or images. It supports various types of devices for recovering images including USB disk, camera, memory card, and other memory devices. To use it, select the drive and click scan button, and it will show you the list of deleted photos with their recoverability chances. You can select the images and recover them to the selected location after clicking Recover button.

Tenorshare Any Data Recovery Free

Tenorshare Any Data Recovery Free is free and easy to use data recovery software. It lets you recover the deleted images or photos easily from various types of memory devices including pen drive, digital camera, memory card, USB hard drive etc. It supports various file types including JPG and BMP. It has 6 recovery modes and you can select anyone which suits you best. Select the drive and click Scan button and it will show you the deleted files arranged by file types. You can preview the images before you start recovering.

iCare Data Recovery Free

Next in this list of recovery software is iCare Data Recovery Free. It also lets you recover lost images or photos due to various reasons like delete, format etc. You can select one of the four options from its home menu interface. After that select the drive and click Recover button. It will search for all the deleted files in that drive and takes some time. You can select the file types as JPG or other format and select the location where you want to save the recovered files. It can recover up to 2GB of data in this free version.

Remo Recover Free Edition

Next we talk about Remo Recover Free Edition. You can recover the image files by using it. It lets you recover lost data due to various reasons including accidentally, intentionally, or formatting etc. It first scans the complete drive for deleted files and after that gives you a complete list. You can select the photos you want to recover and select the location where to recover. It can recover up to 1GB data in this free version.

PhotoRec

PhotoRec lets you recover deleted pictures or files from Pen drive, digital camera memory, Memory Stick, MMC, Hard Disks, CD Rom etc. Extract the ZIP file to the folder and run PhotoRec; select the drive or disk and start the scanning and recovery process to the specific folder or where you extracted it. It will recover all the deleted files to the specified location. It takes long time to recover the files if the drive is big.

7-Data Recovery Free

7-Data Recovery Free lets you recover lost or deleted photos, videos and other files from the hard disk, USB drive, memory card etc. It supports five data recovery modes. You can choose the one according to your needs. After complete scanning the selected drive it shows you the list of deleted files. It also shows the thumbnails of deleted images. You can select the images you want to recover and click Save and select the location where you want. You can recover up to 1GB of data in this free version.

Glary Undelete

Now comes our favorite Glary Undelete. It lets you recover images and other files of various formats easily. You can recover photos from various types of devices including hard disk, pen drive, SSD cards etc. It supports various file systems including FAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS etc. It searches fast for deleted files in the specified drive. You can set the search filter for specific file types, for e.g. *.JPG. After completing scanning select the files you want to recover and click the Restore button.

Orion File Recovery

With Orion File Recovery you can recover your lost or deleted photos as well as other types of files easily. It has a wizard like interface. You can select the drive or location to search for deleted files. Upon finishing the wizard it shows you the list of all deleted files. Select the files and click Recover button to recover them to the desired location.

Data Trace Recovery Free Edition

Data Trace Recovery Free Edition is a software to recover lost or deleted images or other file types. It has quick scan and complete scan feature. You can use continue recovery method if you already have scanned the location of deleted files. You can select ‘Search lost files by types’ for easy scanning of file by types. You can recover the files to the selected location by providing the path. It lets you recover data up to 1GB in this free edition.

DataRecovery

DataRecovery is a free and easy to use portable data recovery tool. It lets you recover photos or images that are lost or deleted accidentally. It also supports other file types. Select the drive and set the scan filter for e.g. JPG and click scan button. It will show you the results within seconds. You can now select the files and click on recover button to recover them to the selected location of your choice.

Kickass Undelete

Kickass Undelete is a free software to recover deleted data from your media devices. You can recover or restore deleted files including images or photos. It supports various devices including hard disk, SD cards, USB flash drives, or other types of storage devices. You can use the search filter for particular file type; for e.g. you can use JPG for image files. It scans very fast and gives a list of deleted files with their recovery possibility. You can select the files and click Restore Files button to recover them.

Undelete Navigator

Undelete Navigator supports FAT, FAT32 and NTFS file systems for deleted files. It shows the results fast and you can browse through the deleted files and folders. It can show the thumbnails of deleted images so you can easily choose them for recovery. You have to click the Undelete button to recover the deleted files or images to new specific location.

Reincubate Recover Files

Reincubate Recover Files is an easy to use data recovery software for Windows. You can easily recover deleted files or images. You can select the drive and file type from the drop down menu to start search. After clicking Scan button it will shows the list of deleted files. You can easily select them and click Recover button to recover them to selected location. It lets you wait for a while in free mode.

Undelete 360

With Undelete 360 you can recover your deleted photos or images also with the help of it. It supports various types of memory devices including pen drive, SSD card, hard disk etc. It lets you search in the particular drive for deleted files. It sorts the results by file types. You can choose the files from the right pane to recover. Select the location after clicking Recover button.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition

Easeus Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition is a data recovery software for deleted images/photos or other types of files or folders. It supports various file systems like FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS/NTFS5, and EXT2/EXT3 etc. It lets you recover images from various types of media including hard disk, memory card, SD card, USB flash drive etc. It also lets you preview the images before recovery. You can recover up to 1GB of data in its free mode.

Recuva

Recuva lets you recover deleted photos/images from various sources. It has a wizard like interface. It lets you choose from pictures, music, videos, documents, compressed, emails, and other file types to start scanning. It shows the preview of images before recovery, and you can easily select the images you want to recover. You can easily recover the selected images to the specific location.

Puran File Recovery

Puran File Recovery is a free and easy to use data recovery software to recover deleted or lost files. You can recover the deleted images also with the help of this software. It supports various file systems including FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. You can select the drive and start scanning for particular file type or for all types of files. It shows you the list of deleted files with their thumbnails or preview. You can select the images or files you want to recover and click the Recover button to recover them to the desired location.

WinUtilities Free Undelete

WinUtilities Free Undelete is an easy to use data recovery software available free for Windows. It lets you recover deleted pictures/images from various types of storage devices. Select the drive you want to scan for deleted files; it automatically starts scanning and gives you the results in seconds. You can select the files or images then from context menu select Undelete and you can recover them to the desired location.

Undela

Undela is a free data recovery software to undelete or recover deleted files from hard disk or other media devices including SD card, Flash Card, MMC, USB drive etc. You can recover images or other types of files with it. It can also recover files that are removed by virus attack or due to power failure. You can preview the deleted images and text files before starting recovery. You can use normal scan, full scan, or advanced scan to find deleted files.

DiskGetor Data Recovery Free

DiskGetor Data Recovery Free lets you use it to undelete your photos/images that you have accidentally deleted. You can scan for deleted files in any particular drive. It shows the results in the left pane in a tree view. You can preview your deleted images. Select the files or folders that contain your images or other type of files and click Recover button to recover them to the desired location.

Free File Recovery

This software lets you recover files from pen drives, memory cards, cameras etc. To use Free File Recovery select the drive from drop down list for scanning and click scan button. It scans very fast and gives you the results in seconds. You can recover the images or other types of files by selecting them to a desired location.

ADRC Data Recovery Tools

ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools is a very small and useful software for recovering deleted data. You can recover the deleted photos or images with it easily. You can select the drive from drop down list from its interface and click search to start scanning for deleted files. It shows you the list of deleted files within seconds. You can select the files to recover and click Undelete Files button to recover the files to the desired location. It can be used as a portable software as it requires no installation.

AIC File Recovery

AIC File Recovery is a free software for Windows to recover deleted files. You can recover images or other file formats easily by using it. It supports both FAT32 and NTFS file systems. You have to select the drive whose files you want to recover. You can select the file types or leave blank for all types of files and click ‘Find Deleted Files’ button. It shows you the list of deleted pictures and you can select the images that you want to recover. By clicking on Recovery Selected Files button you can easily recover them to the desired location.

Eassos Recovery Free

Eassos Recovery Free can recover your deleted data due to various reasons. It has a wizard like interface (5 steps to complete the process) for recovering files. You can recover image files or other types of files through it. After selecting and scanning the drive it shows you the results in a tree structure. It also has a preview option for image files, select the files and recover them to the target folder. You can recover up to 1GB of data in this free version.

Lazesoft Data Recovery Home

Lazesoft Data Recovery Home is a data recovery software available free for Windows. You can recover various types of files including images with the help of it. It first scans for the drive for deleted files and gives you results with the path of deleted files. You can easily select the files you want to recover from the list and recover them to the desired location.

GreenUndelete

Green Undelete is a free and easy to use data recovery software. It lets you recover deleted data from the drive you choose. It supports various types of file systems. You can recover your data including images/photos from your disks. It scans very fast for deleted files. It has a thumbnail view option also. You can easily select the files you want to recover to any specific location. You can use it as a portable software as it does not require installation.