Have you ever used Clean Master to clean junk files from your Android phone but lost important pictures, videos, or music? How can you recover files deleted by Clean Master? Free MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android can perform Clean Master app data recovery easily.
Android Clean Master Deleted My Music & Pictures
Clean Master, also known as Cleaner, is a popular junk file cleaner app that keeps your Android device always clean and optimized. It can deeply clean leftovers from uninstalled software, browsing and call records, etc., thereby effectively fixing insufficient Android storage space and improving the performance of Android devices.
However, does Clean Master always delete junk files perfectly and accurately? Not completely.
Based on user experience, sometimes important photos, music files, and cache files of multiple applications such as WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. are mistakenly cleared by Cleaner Master when clicking the “Clean the Junk” button.
So, how to recover files deleted by Clean Master? Here are some useful ways.
How to Recover Files Deleted by Clean Master Android
Way 1. Check the Recently Deleted Folder
If Clean Master deleted your photos, you can open the Recently Deleted folder to check for and recover the deleted photos on Android.
Step 1. Open Clean Master.
Step 2. Navigate to Tools > Photo Cleaner > Recently Deleted.
If the wanted pictures are available in this folder, you can select the ones you need and tap the RESTORE button to recover them.
If your photos are not stored in the Recently Deleted folder, try using professional Android data recovery software for mobile deleted data recovery.
Way 2. Use MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android
If the deleted photos are not stored in the Recently Deleted folder, you can use MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android to recover photos deleted by Clean Master. Apart from photos, this file restoration tool can effectively recover videos, audio, contacts, messages, call history, etc. from your Android device.
As a reliable and risk-free Android mobile data recovery tool, MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android can rescue Android files from many devices including Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, etc. phones & tablets without bringing any damage to the original data and your devices.
Now free download MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android and install it on your computer to start mobile deleted data recovery.
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1. Recover Files Deleted by Clean Master From Android Device Directly
Step 1: Choose a recovery module.
Run MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android Free Edition to go to its main interface. Here are two recovery modules for you to retrieve Android files.
To perform Clean Master deleted file recovery from the Android device directly, click Recover from Phone to continue.
Step 2: Identify your device.
Connect the Android device to your computer via a USB cable. Then, MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android will begin to analyze the device.
After device analysis, a window will appear prompting you to enable USB debugging. Note that the method for USB debugging differs across various Android versions. Please complete the necessary actions by referring to the corresponding tutorial.
If this is the first time you connect the Android device to your PC, a USB debugging authorization will be required. To avoid authorization next time, please check the Always allow from this computer option and tap OK on your phone.
Step 3: Choose a scan method.
Next, you will come to the Device Ready to Scan interface where two scan methods are listed. Just choose the corresponding one according to the on-screen instructions and click Next.
- Quick Scan scans your device for data in a fast way. But this scan method only supports the recovery of contacts, short messages, and call records.
- By default, Deep Scan is selected, allowing you to rescue deleted contacts, messages, videos, call histories, pictures, audio, WhatsApp attachments, and more. So, if Clean Master deleted your WhatsApp pictures/music files/videos by accident, we suggest using this mode.
Step 4: Analyze data and scan your phone.
Next, this professional mobile file recovery tool will start to analyze all the data on your device and scan this device. You need to wait patiently until the scan is complete.
Step 5: Choose the required items to recover.
After scanning, you will go to the scan results interface with the data types listed. Data types marked in blue indicate that the software found files of that type. Conversely, a gray icon indicates that no useful data was found for that file type.
You need to expand the corresponding file type to find the required file according to actual needs. For example, if you want to get back pictures deleted by Clean Master, you need to focus on Camera, Screenshot, App Picture under Photos and Videos, and Picture under RAW & Document.
Preview and select the required items, then click the Recover button to recover the files deleted by Clean Master.
Step 6: Specify a storage path.
In the pop-up window, you will see that this data restoration software has specified a default storage path on your computer. You can keep the default location or click the Browse button to specify a new path.
After that, click Recover to complete Clean Master deleted file recovery.
Here, you need to know that the free edition of MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android only helps to recover 10 files of each data type each time. To fully recover files deleted by Clean Master, you need to choose its full edition.
2. Recover Files Deleted by Android Clean Master From SD Card
What if files on the SD card in the Android phone are deleted by Clean Master? Fortunately, MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android offers you another data recovery module, Recover from SD-Card, to help you perform data recovery from an SD card.
Let’s see how to recover deleted files from the Android SD card.
Step 1: After launching this 100% safe and free Android data recovery program, click Recover from SD-Card.
Step 2: Connect your Micro SD card to your computer via a card reader, then click the Next button.
Step 3: Select the target SD card and click Next to go to the next step.
Step 4: Then, the device analysis and data scanning operation will be performed automatically. Later, you will get the scan results, including deleted/lost files, and the existing files in the SD card.
After that, preview and choose the needed items to recover.
Step 5: Finally, select a desired location to store the recovered files. Do not store the recovered data on the same SD card in case of data overwriting.
Other Data Recovery Tools for SD Card File Recovery
Regarding SD card data recovery, MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android is not the only option. MiniTool released another two professional and reliable data recovery tools – MiniTool Power Data Recovery & MiniTool Photo Recovery.
1. MiniTool Power Data Recovery
MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a professional and free data recovery software that is ideal for recovering deleted/lost data from various data storage devices like computer hard drives, memory cards, USB flash drives, SD cards, and more.
More importantly, MiniTool Power Data Recovery can help to recover photos from formatted SD cards, recover data from RAW SD cards, recover data when the SD card is not full but says full, and when other unexpected situations occur.
Besides, it offers you clear and concise interfaces that can help you carry out SD card data recovery easily and quickly.
Free download and install MiniTool Power Data Recovery on your computer and have a try.
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2. MiniTool Photo Recovery
MiniTool Photo Recovery, a professional photo recovery software, is specially designed to recover pictures, videos, and audio from SD cards, USB flash drives, cameras, and other storage devices. To recover photos deleted by Clean Master from Android SD card, it is also a good option.
Wrapping Things Up
Did Clean Master remove important files like WhatsApp photos, music, videos, or other content from your Android device? You can attempt to locate these deleted items within the “Recently Deleted” folder. Alternatively, you have the option to recover permanently deleted media and files using tools like MiniTool Mobile Recovery for Android, MiniTool Power Data Recovery, or MiniTool Photo Recovery.
Should you have any questions when using MiniTool software, do not hesitate to send an email to [email protected].
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Shirley graduated from English major and is currently an editor of MiniTool Team. She likes browsing and writing IT-related articles, and is committed to becoming a professional IT problem solver. The topic of her articles are generally about data recovery, data backup, and computer disk management, as well as other IT issues. In spare time, she likes watching movies, hiking and fishing.