How to Find Recycle Bin on iPhone X/15/14/13/12

You must agree that the iPhone is more than a phone. It performs more and more like a mini computer. That’s where the question comes from "where is recycle bin on iPhone and how to find recycle bin in iPhone". People regard the iPhone as a computer and a recycle bin is a great place for users to remove and recover deleted files, like pictures, videos, contacts, text messages, documents, and more. However, the iPhone is still a phone, not a Windows PC or Mac. They’re different in some aspects. Here in the following, let’s make clear the recycle bin question on iPhone. In this article, you’ll learn the following information.

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Part 1. Is there a recycle bin on iPhone? Where and how to find recycle bin on iPhone

Part 2. How to empty recycle bin on iPhone or remove deleted files in recycle bin

Part 3. How to recover deleted files from recycle bin on iPhone

Part 1. Is there a recycle bin on iPhone? Where and how to find recycle bin on iPhone

There is no recycle bin on iPhone. To boost the performance on iPhone, iPhone cannot be designed to have recycle bin to save all kinds of deleted files. It’s not like a Windows computer or Mac.

Since there is no trash bin in iPhone, so you can not find iPhone recycle bin at all. As for pictures and videos, if you have deleted them on your iPhone, they first go to the album named as "Recently Deleted". The album is in your "Photo" app on iPhone.

Part 2. How to empty recycle bin on iPhone or remove deleted files in recycle bin

There is no recycle bin in iPhone, so you can’t empty the recycle bin to permanently delete iPhone files. I have mentioned before, if you have deleted pictures and videos, they go to the "Recently Deleted" album, you can find the album in the photo app. From there, you can select all files and remove them all.

Part 3. How to recover deleted files from recycle bin on iPhone

You must wonder what if you regret the deletion of files on the iPhone, can you do the recycle bin recovery on iPhone. I am sorry to tell you the truth, once you delete files on iPhone, you can’t get back them manually besides restoring pictures and videos in the "Recently deleted" album. The good news is you can make use of professional software to restore deleted files on iPhone.

There are a couple of iPhone data recovery software tools you can download on the Internet and iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery is one of them. You can try it to scan your iPhone for the deleted files, preview and find iPhone deleted files.

No Recycle bin on iPhone can restore your deleted data, it can do it for you. Download the software to get iPhone deleted files back !!! Learn the details below.

1. Install the iPhone data recovery software

Click the DOWNLOAD button to get the software installation package. After then, install it on your computer. You must have noticed that there are 2 versions, one is for Windows OS and one is for macOS. Choose the right version according to your computer OS.

2. Scan iPhone for deleted files

Connect your iPhone with your computer, making sure the computer can recognize your iPhone. After then, launch the software. In the main window, click "Recover from iOS Device". Click the "Scan" button right behind your iPhone on the software to let it work right away.

3. Recover deleted iPhone data

Be patient and wait for the scanning process finished. After then, you can find all kinds of deleted files are sorted into categories, listing on the left side. Select the file type in the left panel and check out the details on the right side. When find the target files, select them and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.

My suggestion: you need to back up your iPhone regularly to avoid data loss. You can back up it to iCloud via iPhone or iTunes on the computer. If you do not have any extra storage plan for iCloud, try to back it on iTunes. Whenever you lost or deleted files on iPhone, you can restore your iPhone with the backup file or using iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery to extract files from the backup.