Android app
Recover Deleted Photos
Recover deleted photos, videos, & audio. Fast, 100% offline, and private.
Recover Deleted Photos scans photos, videos, and audio that Android still exposes through MediaStore, lets you review available results, and creates recovery copies in shared media storage. Recovered files can then be browsed from within the app or opened with another compatible app.
All scanning and recovery processing happens locally, and the app does not request internet access. It is not a forensic undelete tool: overwritten, inaccessible, or permanently deleted files cannot be recovered, and Android may limit scans to only the media it makes available.
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Permissions
- Photos: On Android 13 and later, allows scanning images that Android makes available to the app.
- Videos: On Android 13 and later, allows scanning videos that Android makes available to the app.
- Music and audio: On Android 13 and later, allows scanning audio files that Android makes available to the app.
Privacy Policy
Effective July 22, 2026.
Recover Deleted Photos is developed by ThinApps.
Recover Deleted Photos uses the media access permissions you grant to scan photos, videos, or audio that Android makes available through MediaStore. The app reads local media information such as file names, media types, sizes, dates, relative storage folder paths, and trash status so it can display scan results. Media files, thumbnails, and scan information are processed on your device and are not uploaded to ThinApps. On Android versions that allow selected photo or video access, the app can scan only the media Android makes available. Recover Deleted Photos scans media records that Android makes available and cannot perform forensic recovery of overwritten, inaccessible, or permanently deleted files.
Scan results are held temporarily in app memory while you use the scan and results screens. The app does not keep a scan history, create an online profile, or store scan results in cloud storage.
When you choose Recover, the app reads the selected source file and writes a new copy through Android MediaStore to Pictures/Recovered for photos and videos or Music/Recovered for audio. Recovered copies remain in shared storage on your device until you delete them. Because recovered copies are saved in shared media storage, they may become visible to other apps with media access and may be backed up or synchronized by services configured on your device. The app excludes these recovery folders from later scans.
The Recovered Photos/Videos and Recovered Audio screens read those recovery folders locally. Recover Deleted Photos shares a recovered file with another app only when you tap the file to open it. Android then passes its content address, media type, and temporary read access to a compatible app selected by you or Android. The receiving app may process, store, transmit, or back up that file according to its own privacy practices.
Recover Deleted Photos has no Internet permission, accounts, advertising, analytics, or cloud service operated by ThinApps. ThinApps does not receive, sell, or share your media files or scan information. Android cloud backup is disabled for this app.
For privacy questions, contact ThinApps at support@thinapps.top.
Local by Default
Open Source
Minimal Permissions