Free Photo Recovery Software

Recover photos, audios, and video files from memory cards, cameras, HDDs, SSDs, etc. lost due to accidental deletion, corruption, formatting, human error, & virus attack, etc.

Free recovery for up to 10 photos, videos & music files.

Recover permanently deleted photos and video file formats.

Recover lost RAW image files of popular camera brands.

Restore deleted multimedia files from different storage devices.

Compatible with Windows 11 and MacOS Golden Gate 27. new

*Software works only on your Desktop/Laptop

Also available for: iPhone & Android

Recover Deleted Photos Effortlessly

Memory Card Recovery

Undelete your seemingly lost photos and media files from damaged/corrupted / inaccessible memory card, SD card (Mini, Micro, SDHC, and SDXC), memory stick, compact flash, CF card, CFast, CFast Express, SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, XQD memory card, eXtreme (xD)-picture card, Eye-Fi WiFi SD card, P2 card and more. The software supports all kinds of SD cards from Samsung, SanDisk, Transcend, Lexar, Toshiba, Patriot, Kingston, Polaroid, Panasonic, Duracell, Verbatim, etc.

Retrieves Deleted Photos

Stellar Photo Recovery tool recovers photos lost from all kinds of storage media. It supports the recovery of CR2 /CR3/CRW (Canon), ERF (EPSON ), RAF (Fujifilm), K25 /KDC /DCR (Kodak), MRW (Konica Minolta), MOS/MEF (Mamiya), NEF/ NRW ( Nikon), ORF (Olympus), RAW (Panasonic), PEF (Pentax), SR2/ARW/ SRF (Sony), X3F (Sigma), DNG, DJVU, PGM, Adobe EPS (Mac), Adobe EPS (Windows), TGA, JPEG, TIFF (Motorola and Intel), BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, INDD, PSP, PCT, JP2, and other file formats.

Retrieves Deleted Videos & Audio Files

Stellar Photo Recovery supports recovery of MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPEG, Matroska Video File (MKV), AVCHD Video File (MTS), Divx Encoded Movie File (DIVX), MOI Video File, Video Object File (VOB), OGM, 3G2, ASX, MTS, AJP, F4V, VID, TOD, HD MOV, MOV, MQV, M4B, M4V, WMV, MXF movies and SVI video formats. In addition, it can retrieve RPS, MP3, AU, WAV, MIDI, OGG, AIFF, RM, WMA, RA, M4P, M4A, ACD, AMR, AT3, CAFF, DSS, IFF, M4R, NRA, and SND files audio files.

Recovers Photos & Videos from Encrypted Drives

The software retrieves lost videos, photos, and audio files from BitLocker encrypted drives, volumes, and partitions. Just select the encrypted storage drive in the software, click ‘Scan’ and enter the BitLocker password. The software begins the recovery process from the encrypted HDD, SSD, flash drive, or SD card. It supports all brands including, HP®, Samsung®, Seagate®, Toshiba®, WD®, Transcend®, SanDisk®, Lexar®, LaCie®, Kingston®, Corsair®, Verbatim®, Silicon Power®, Integral®, Lenovo®, Huawei®, and more.

More Reasons to Choose Stellar Photo Recovery

Save Scan Information and Resume Recovery

The image recovery software lets you save the directory tree structure generated after a drive/volume scan to a desired location on the disk. The information is saved as a file that can be used to regenerate the tree structure of the found files/folders or to resume recovery at a later stage. You can choose to save the result of the complete procedure or stop the scan at any time and save the information up to that point.

Add your Own File Type for Recovery

If you’re unable to see the file format of the items you wish to restore in the supported file types list in the image recovery software, you can either edit any of the existing file types or add new file headers manually or automatically. This feature makes the product the best photo recovery software available in the market. It gives the application extended flexibility and increases its utility.

Comprehensive Scanning with Deep Scan Option

The digital photo recovery software searches for lost files on the basis of file signature. In case, after the quick scan, your desired file is not included in the list of files detected, you can opt for Deep Scan to perform a comprehensive scan of the selected drive or location. Improved scanning engine ensures quick and accurate media file recovery.

View Scan Results in Different Ways

View the found multimedia files in three different ways - File Type, Tree View, and Deleted List. Sorted and easy-to-view scan results help in quickly identifying the relevant photos, videos, and audio files for recovery. File Type view groups file according to photos, videos, and audio. Tree View allows you to navigate to the media file location. You can view and restore only the deleted files from the Deleted List.

Advanced Edition with Recovery & Repair Functionalities

The picture recovery software also comes in Professional and Premium editions. The Professional version is a complete photo restoration tool that not only restores deleted photos and videos but also repairs damaged pictures. The Premium Edition also repairs unlimited corrupt, damaged, or distorted videos and photos from any device. It is a great utility for photographers, videographers, and video agencies engaged in video shooting, filming, editing, etc.

Get SMART Information about your Storage Drive

Stellar Photo Recovery provides SMART information about your storage drive, volume, or partition. SMART data reveal your hard disk’s health and temperature indicating HDD wearing signs of drive if any. This helps you to take a timely backup of the drive and prevent future data loss.

Works Smoothly with Media >18TB Storage

Most of the photo recovery tools available in the market fail to work properly on devices that have large storage capacities. However, the deleted photo recovery software from Stellar helps you to restore recently or permanently deleted photos from media with sizes as huge as 18TB and more.

Photo Recovery from 4K Hard Drives

Stellar Photo Recovery restores deleted or lost photos, videos, and audio files from 4K hard disks that store data in a 4096 bytes sector. The photo recovery tool can quickly scan 4K sector storage drives configured to FAT32, ExFAT, HFS+, NTFS, or APFS, file system.

Preview Media Files Before Recovery

The software provides a preview of lost and deleted photos, videos, and audio of all file formats, including JPEG, RAW, TIFF, PNG, MP4, MOV, FLV, MKV, MP3, OGG, and other file types while scanning the storage media. It displays a full-screen preview of the recoverable videos.

Enhanced Interface with Personalized Themes

The photo recovery software now offers three different UI themes – Dark, Light and Vibrant with an all-new user-friendly UI. There are tons of smartly built utilities within the interface - Runtime File Preview, Neat and Sortable Scan Results, Multiple File Saving Options, etc. for you to explore.

Pause & Resume Scan

The latest 'Pause and Resume Scan' feature allows pausing a scan and resuming at a more convenient time. You can preview and restore files from NTFS, ExFAT, FAT32, Linux, APFS, HFS+, and BTRFS file systems while a scan is still in progress without any hassle.

Complete Mobile Data Recovery Solutions

Need to recover mobile phones? Stellar offers dedicated recovery tools for Android and iPhone devices. Try Stellar Data Recovery for Android to recover deleted photos, videos, and documents from Android smartphones, or choose Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone to retrieve lost photos, messages, WhatsApp chats, etc. from iOS devices and iTunes Backup.

Disk Imaging for Safe & Quick Recovery

The Professional & Premium version of the software has disk imaging capabilities that can create exact images of a storage drive containing ‘bad’ sectors. The software safely scans these disk images and recovers deleted multimedia files without risking further damage or failure of the original source drive.

Recover from formatted APFS/HFS+/NTFS/ExFAT Volume

The tool uses deep Scan to find lost photos, videos, and audio files on formatted volumes. It supports Windows file systems (NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, BTRFS), Mac file systems (APFS, HFS, HFS+), Linux file systems (EXT2, EXT3, EXT4), and CD/DVD file systems (CDFS, UDF). Its signature-based scanning detects file fragments scattered across the drive and reconstructs them into usable files.

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Digital Photography School

An Easy Way to Reclaim Your Precious Photos

Stellar Photo Recovery is a fantastic option for photographers and videographers looking to recover files.

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Photo Review

We found the software to be capable of recovering files from an old storage drive that we had previously discarded as unusable.

We found the software to be capable of recovering files from an old CompactFlash card that we had previously discarded as unusable.

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Photography Blog

Stellar Photo Recovery does what it promises to do, and pretty quickly too.

Inexpensive and effective way to recover precious photos and files that have seemingly been lost forever.

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Frequently Asked Question

FAQ's

Can I recover photos after emptying the Recently Deleted or Trash folder?

Yes, it is possible to recover deleted photos after emptying the recently deleted or trash folder, as long as the data has not been overwritten.

Can I recover deleted photos from digital camera?

Yes. You can often recover deleted photos from digital cameras like Nikon, Sony, Canon, Samsung, etc., by using Stellar Photo Recovery.

Can I recover SD card photos using a mobile app instead of a computer?

Mobile apps can recover some deleted files, but they're limited by the phone OS's restricted access to raw storage sectors. Desktop software can perform deeper, sector-by-sector scans, which significantly improves recovery success - especially for formatted or corrupted cards.

My SD card says “Disk is not formatted.” Can I still recover my photos?

It is highly possible that your SD card has got corrupt. There are number of possibilities leading to a SD card corruption/data loss such as system incompatibilities, damage due to mishandling, driver failures, write-protection, etc. Read our guide to know about the simple solutions for SD card recovery.

Are photo recovery software legitimate?

Yes, Stellar photo recovery software is 100% safe & secure.

How can I recover photos from a formatted SD or microSD card?

You can use Stellar Photo Recovery software to recover your photos. Just install the software, connect your formatted SD or microSD card, scan it, and restore the recovered photos to a desired location.

Can photos be recovered from a physically broken SD card?

Yes, if a broken SD card is detectable by the system as well as by the Photo Recovery software, then recovery is possible. However, if SD card is bent, burn, broken connectors and not detected by system then you need to contact Stellar Data Recovery Services, where specialists extract data directly from the card using specialized hardware.

Can I recover RAW image files from my camera?

Yes, Using Stellar Photo Recovery you can recover popular RAW formats such as CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, and more allowing you to restore high-quality original.

Which file formats Stellar Photo Recovery can recover?

Stellar Photo Recovery supports recovery of popular photo, video, and audio file formats, including JPG, PNG, MP4, MOV, AVI, MP3, and RAW camera formats like CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, and more. It also allows custom file type scanning for uncommon or new formats.

Can we recover 5 years old deleted photos?

Yes, it’s possible, as long as the photo data hasn’t been overwritten. Stellar Photo Recovery deeply scans the device to locate and recover old deleted photos.

What is the difference between free and paid photo recovery programs?

With Stellar Photo Recovery Free edition, you can recover 10 media files upto 100MB each for free. Whereas, Paid editions let you recover unlimited photos and other files.

Can I recover photos from a write protected memory card?

Yes, Stellar Photo Recovery software recovers photos from a write-protected memory card, provided you know the password.

How do I recover deleted photos from my computer’s recycle bin?

Just open the recycle bin or Trash, look for the photos you want to recover. Right-click on that photo and click 'Restore' on Windows and ‘Put Back’ on Mac Trash. This will restore the photos to its original location.

Can I recover specific files after scanning of the drive?

Yes. You can recover specific files after successful scanning of the drive/media. From the list of found files that appear after scanning, select your specific file types and click Recover to save the files.

Q. Can I save the recovered photos on the same drive?

No. Choose a different drive to save the recovered photos. If you choose the same drive, it will lead to overwriting, which in turn will result in permanent loss of photos.

Q. How can I recover photos from a drive that has bad sectors?

To recover photos from a drive having bad sector, first create the image of drive using 'Create Image' feature present in Professional & Premium version of the software. Then scan that image to recover your lost photos.

Q. Is Stellar Photo Recovery compatible with latest Mac chip M6 and T2-based systems?

Yes, Stellar Photo Recovery supports compatible Mac systems powered by Apple silicon (M1 through M6) and Intel-based Macs with the Apple T2 Security Chip, subject to the supported macOS version and system requirements.

Q. Is the free version the same on Windows and Mac?

Yes. On both Windows and Mac, the free version lets you recover up to 10 photo, video or audio files (up to 100 MB each) at no cost. To recover unlimited files, upgrade to a paid edition. Download the version that matches your operating system.

Q. Can I recover deleted photos and videos from Android’s SD card?

Yes, you can recover deleted photos and videos from an Android phone’s SD card using Stellar Photo Recovery. Remove the SD card from your phone, connect it to a Windows PC or compatible Mac using a card reader, and scan it with the software. You can preview the recoverable files and save them to a different storage location. This won’t work if the card was set up as internal storage on your phone, since Android encrypts it. To recover files from internal storage, use Stellar Data Recovery for Android software.

Version:	12.6.0.0 (Windows) & 12.8.0.0 (Mac)
License:	Single System
Edition:	Standard, Professional & Technician
Language Supported:	English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, 日本語 , 한국어, Português Brasileiro, Dutch, हिंदी, 中国人
Release Date:	May 2026

Processor:	Intel compatible (x64-based processor)
Memory:	4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended)
Hard Disk:	250 MB for installation files
Operating System: (64 Bit only)	Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 & Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016 and macOS Golden Gate 27, Tahoe 26, Sonoma 14, Ventura 13, Monterey 12, Big Sur 11, Catalina 10.15, 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11