How to Recover Deleted Notepad Plus Files Saved|Unsaved on Windows 10

There can be situations where a .txt notepad file gets accidentally deleted, perhaps by yourself or by some third-party process. However, there are still some chances to recover deleted .txt files. Here in this article, I will share some tips for Notepad document recovery in Windows 10.

Recover Deleted Notepad Plus files on Windows 10

1. Search in the Recycle Bin
2. Recover From AppData folder
3. Use free SysInfo File Recovery
4. Restore from Back up files in Windows 10

Search in the Recycle Bin

Computer’s Recycle Bin is the first place where a deleted file or documents get stored. If you haven’t permanently deleted the notepad++ file, then you can probably recover deleted documents from there.

• Enter in Recycle Bin place by double clicking on the icon from the Desktop.
• Look out for the specific .txt files that you have lost.
• Select the text document if you find it.
• Right click on the file and select Restore.

This will restore your text file in the place from where it was deleted.

Recover From AppData folder

You could recover the deleted Notepad++ document from the AppData folder. This folder holds the temporary files and it is possible that you can find your file stored there.

• Press Windows Key + R
• Type %appdata%.
• Press Enter.
• Now enter the Notepad filename in the search bar.
• Check in the list of search results.

If cannot find your text files in the AppData folder then you could try to recover its back with the help of SysInfoTools Deleted file Recovery Software; explained in the next method how!

Use Free SysInfoTools file Recovery

You can get deleted text file or files back in their original form. It doesn’t matter how you deleted the files, be it with a simple delete button or Shift + Del + Enter. You can try the free version of SysInfo Deleted File Recovery Software and follow the steps as:

Free Download the software and Install it in your system, Run the software.

1. Select a volume to scan for the Notepad text files.

2. Choose the Recovery Modes; This will scan the drive for the text document which searches for it sector-by-sector.

3. After the selected volume gets scanned. Click OK.

4. Here you can see the recovered file folder preview panel.

5. Select the text files to retrieve and press the Save button.

6. Choose the path to save the restored Notepad or text file on your system or another drive.

From Back up  in Windows 10

Though the Backed up files are not going to help you recover the deleted text file. But keeping backups ensure you that you can restore documents if their originals are ever deleted.

• Enter ‘back up’ in the search box and Select Backup Settings.
• Insert the USB drive into the desktop.
• Click on Add a drive(add the USB drive). “An Automatically back up files setting will then appear in the Settings window”.
• Select More options, and click Add a folder to select back up folders where you would usually save files.

Now Windows will back up the selected folders whenever you insert a USB drive(previously inserted USB). So, now you can easily find the backup copies of any Notepad documents that was disappeared.

Final Words

If you are regular in maintaining your back up then it is easy to retrieve Notepad plus documents if saved in the backup file, you will never need software. However, there are numerous utilities with the help of with you can recover deleted Notepad plus Text files like; SysInfo Deleted file recovery.

Recommended to Read: Recover Permanently Deleted files from recycle bin

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Simran Bhatia

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