How to Recover Deleted Notepad Files?

Written By Isha Rikhi
Approved By Rohit Arora
Updated on 24 Feb, 2021
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Summary: Notepad files are the most important files but what if accidentally we lost our Notepad files? Don't worry here in this post we gave best solutions to get your lost notepad files back easily.

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There are instances where you both knowingly and unknowingly end up losing Notepad (txt) files due to one or more reasons and later regret its alarming crises. A few days back, while going through several forums or tech posts to view latest updates, several incidences of Notepad or TXT Files deletion came into my knowledge. Let’s have a look at these cases and see how we can easily recover deleted txt files.

Instance 1: Help! Urgently need to recover several TXT Files from my Windows system. I have accidentally deleted a multitude of files while uploading these to a USB drive. All these files are related to my business and I cannot afford to lose. —Bob Mark

Instance 2: Hi, all! I am Windows 10 user. Due to some reason, I have factory restored my system. Although, I have a backup, unfortunately, that is not latest, so I cannot restore all the data. Please help! Many of my important data files including Notepad files are inaccessible. —Johnny Winston

Instance 3: How can I undelete the TXT File or Notepad File, which I have accidentally deleted using Shift + Delete buttons? —Jon Mark

Instance 4: Can anyone help me! How can I restore the Notepad files which I have accidentally closed? In short, which I haven’t saved before clicking on Delete button.—Ruby Marek

All these incidences demand Notepad file recovery. You must be wondering is it possible to recover? If yes, then how to restore the Deleted TXT/Notepad Files. Don’t worry, here is the solution.

Deleted Notepad File Recovery Method

You don’t have an auto recover feature, so recovery of inaccessible files demands a bit of technical expertise. You can count on temp files to regain them. Steps to restore the unsaved files or recover deleted notepad files through temp are:

Go to Start
Under search bar, key in %AppData%
Click Enter to direct to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming
At the right search bar, type filename of lost text and notepad file

Limitation: Being manual-oriented, it involves data loss risk, and compromise issues.

Isn’t there any easier way to execute TXT File Recovery?

Indeed, yes! You can restore the lost or deleted TXT/Notepad Files within few simple clicks using recovery software like Stellar Data Recovery- Standard for Windows. This software is an Editor’s Choice tool for easy operability, simple Graphical User interface, fast processing, and efficient functionality.

How do Stellar Data Recovery- Standard assists in Secure TXT/Notepad Recovery?

The User Interface of the software is very intuitive. Once you are through with download, installation, and registration, you just have to follow the simple recovery wizard.

Steps are:

Launch the software

Select the desired data type from the main interface of the software

Choose the drive or location from where you wish to perform recovery

Click on Scan button

Launch the Preview of the desired files as listed in the scanned files in a tree view

Click Recover
Lastly, Browse Destination and click Start Saving

This completes the recovery process of Deleted Txt/Notepad files.

In Summation

The recovery process to recover deleted files is no more tedious with Windows Data Recovery software. Most importantly, it ensures to maintain data integrity and is a must ingredient to maintain business continuity. Try it!

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Isha Rikhi

Isha is a technical blogger and data recovery expert. She has experience in Windows data recovery. She writes about technical tips and tutorials.

32 comments

lottie says:

June 3, 2022 at 9:21 am

Awesome post. I have used this software to recover deleted notepad files. The user interface of the software is quite intuitive

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Damian says:

March 10, 2022 at 10:45 am

Hi Isha,
Your manual steps are really helpful. They helped me to recover deleted notepad files. Thanks again

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CJ says:

November 22, 2020 at 10:46 am

Hello, I tried using the software and I found the txt file I was looking for but the problem is that the content is very different from the original before it was deleted. Please help me

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1. Isha Rikhi says:
  
  November 26, 2020 at 9:12 am
  
  Hi CJ, Stellar Data Recovery software doesn’t change any data. It recovers the data the same as it was before deleted [previous state]. It is liable for efficient recovery. Probably you have recovered a different file with a similar name. You should check with the exact file name in recover data. Thanks
  
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dewahoki says:

May 21, 2020 at 4:32 pm

Awesome post.

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Kenice Felix says:

February 13, 2020 at 6:37 am

Hey, I permanently deleted a folder and I forgot that it had my notepad with my Outlook Details. Can you help me?

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alabi abiodun says:

December 11, 2019 at 3:11 am

thank u so much. you saved me today. i was writing some code and boom the notepad++ malfunction and stopped working making to file to become 0 byte. i was panicking until i met this page and i was able to laugh again

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  December 12, 2019 at 6:50 am
  
  Hello Alabi,
  Glad to know you fixed your problem with the help of this informative blog. Thanks
  
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James Soutter says:

October 28, 2019 at 2:06 pm

Hi,
I have applied the manual steps as you mention above: “%AppData%” and it worked for me. I found my file on that location. So, I did not need to use the software. Thanks

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  October 30, 2019 at 6:13 am
  
  Hi James,
  It’s good to know that you have solved your problem with the help of this informative blog. Keep reading for more. Thanks
  
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malcolm says:

August 20, 2019 at 11:44 am

Hello,
I was using an untitled notepad to compose
a short text. when I was finished I highlighted it to
copy it to the clipboard but before I could click ‘copy’
I must have touched another key because the highlighted text vanished. it is embarrassing to see
so many basic mistakes made by a guy with so much experience.
is there any chance of finding that text?
‘ctrl + z’ produced nothing. without closing the untitled notepad, I opened a fresh untitled notepad
and tried ‘ctrl + z’ again. this time a text fragment from a different project a few days earlier appeared.

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  August 21, 2019 at 5:31 am
  
  Hi Malcolm,
  I would like to tell you that in this case data recovery not possible because data was not saved. Thanks
  
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