Although Google Photos has limited its free storage to 15GB starting 1st June 2020, it still offers more free storage than most photo storage apps. It also offers easy sharing options and even makes your photos artistic without any extra effort. However, if you delete any videos, you still have the option to get them back. Let’s see how that is done. Read on to find out!
Things to Know Before Restoring Deleted Videos
The Google Photos app for Android and iOS acts as a media viewer and also as a Backup tool. If you have videos locally stored on your phone storage, then you can watch them using Google Photos App. These videos may or may not be uploaded to Cloud Storage unless you set the permissions. The second type of content includes videos backed up to the Google cloud account. This is stored over Google Storage against your account. If you have uploaded any video to the G-Photos, then you can access the video across any supported device by logging into your Google Photos with G-account. The image below illustrates two conditions, the LHS image shows video from local storage that is not uploaded to Google Photos, and the RHS image shows the video available on local storage and also uploaded to Google Photos. Videos Backed Up – If Videos are backed to Google Photos, then they will be available for access across all the supported devices like the Web and App. The media is uploaded to Google servers, and you can access them on any other device using your Google Account. The media is also locally available on your device unless you deleted it. Now it depends on the mode of videos you deleted. Whether you have deleted videos from local storage using the Photos app for iOS/Android or permanently purged the videos from cloud storage. Also, if you deleted videos from a G-Photos website, then most probably, you have deleted videos that are stored over Google Cloud. Also, there are two delete options on Google Photos, viz; Delete from Device and Bin🗑️. If you select delete from the device, then only the device copy will be deleted, and if a copy is available on the cloud, it will not be deleted; if the image is not available on the cloud, then the media will be permanently deleted. On the other hand, if you click the trash bin icon🗑️, the photo will be deleted from the device and all synced devices as well, but you can recover the photos from Recycle Bin.
Two Cases of Video Deletion from Google Photos
We need to follow two separate procedures to get back videos in both cases, to recover videos deleted from the cloud, you need to contact Google Support. And to get back local videos deleted from Google Photos App, you can use 3rd party data recovery apps. Case II. The Videos are Deleted from Google Photos Mobile App Trash Bin but are not Backed Up. These are videos that were stored in the device storage and are permanently deleted from mobile storage only as they are not uploaded to the cloud. This case only applies to Photos mobile app.
Restore Backed Up Videos Deleted from Trash Bin [Case I]
If you have deleted videos stored on Google Photos Cloud or Google Photos Website, then you need to contact the Google Drive Support Team; they will help you recover deleted media within a few minutes.
Points to Know Before Moving Forward
The recovery tool (used by Drive Specialist) can only restore recently deleted videos.There’s a chance that your older files would still be recovered. But there is no guarantee.You cannot choose which file to be recovered, as the tool will try to recover all the restorable media.The Google Drive Specialist does not have access to your files, so your data is safe.
Steps to Recover Backup Videos Deleted from Google Photos
Here is a Simple Guide to Recover Video Permanently Deleted from Trash on Google Photos
Restore Local Videos Deleted from Trash Bin [Case II]
Now, if you have deleted local videos using GPhotos App, then you can recover them using 3rd party recovery tool.
1. Using Android Recovery Tool
You can use any Data Recovery App from Google Play Store. Just download the app, and perform the scan. The app will show the list of videos that can be recovered. The only thing to know is, that you can not ask for a particular file recovery, the apps will recover all the possible deleted media from your phone and you need to check for the intended image or video from the list. Images Below are for Demonstration Only
2. Using Computer PC
There are a number of 3rd party data recovery tools available for Windows and Mac PC. Download any good tool for your PC. Just connect your Android or iOS device with the Computer PC using a USB Cable. Follow on-screen instructions and you can perform a data recovery operation to get back permanently delete videos from your mobile gallery. Guide Below is for Demonstration Only
Install and open the recovery app on the PC, connect your Android or iPhone to the PC using a USB Cable and confirm the connection.You will be given the option to recover types of files; select videos.Select the options and click Scan, within a few minutes you will see all the recovered videos.
Frequently Asked Question (F.A.Q)
Conclusion
With this Detailed Guide Above you can restore videos deleted from the Google Photos Bin even after the exhaustion of 60 days of the threshold period. It is important to note that Google Photos for mobile acts as a media viewer as well, so if you deleted locally stored videos then you can use any recovery tool. On the other hand, if backup videos are deleted from Cloud Storage then you need to contact the Google Specialist for helping recover the videos.
