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Recover Deleted Files from USB Flash Drive with Portable Recycle Bin

By right-clicking the files within the recycle bin, you can easily restore them back to their original state. Unfortunately, it doesn’t apply to files that are deleted from an USB flash drive. These files are never dumped into the recycle bin when you delete them. The recovery is still possible, but requires more work. Usually, we use a third-party recovery program. If you want something else, take a look at iBin which offers an easier way to recover the deleted files.

iBin isn’t a recovery program. It is a recycle bin created specifically for USB flash drive. With this, you now have option to dump the files into the recycle bin in case you need to restore them back.

To get it works, after you download and extract it, you need to copy it into your USB drive. Then double-click the exe file to install the program. It will immediately sit in the system tray monitoring any delete action performed in the USB drive. Everytime you delete a file from the USB drive, iBin replaces the default delete confirmation dialog with this one below:

How to recover deleted files from USB flash drive with iBin?

Make sure that you select the “Dump into iBin” when you delete files. Then, if you need to get them back, click the icon that sits in the tray. Highlight the files that you want to restore, then hit the “Recycle Data Selected” button. That’s it.

There are hotkeys as well to simplify the deletion task:

• Win + Del to directly dump the selected files.
• Win + E to instantly erase the selected files.
• Win + BackSpace to undo the last dumping action.

You can also set the limit of the space used for the recycle bin. Additionally, there is an auto cleaner feature that lets the program automatically cleans the files within. You still be able to delete the files manually if you want it that way, though.

For more features, you can check them out by yourself by right-clicking the tray icon and select “Custom Options”.

iBin works under all Windows versions. It’s free and you can download it from here.

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