In Windows, the Trash is an "app" that all the files we delete go to. Its use may not even be understood when one begins to get serious about software and PCs and mobile devices, but in the long run it is a very useful function or feature.
We are therefore going to show you the best Trash apps that we have on an Android mobile and that they will allow us to recover a file that we mistakenly deleted at the time. There are serious options in our mobiles, apart from those that come with some custom layers by default, such as Samsung's.
With Samsung you already have it by default
Samsun has a very useful file explorer app and that among some of its virtues is having the trash can function. It is true that we have to activate it to have it working, but it is as simple as:
- We go to the Samsung apps folder
- We open the My Samsung Files app
- And click on the upper right button of the 3 vertical dots icon
- We press about the Trash and we activate it
Now, you may wonder how the Samsung My Files Trash works. Everything that we delete on a Samsung mobile will be taken to the Trash and will stay there for 30 days. 30 days as the time we have to reopen the Trash and recover a file in order to return it to the space or place where it was.
To permanently delete a file:
- We go to the Trash from the My Files app
- Click on any of the files that we have
- Our a menu appears at the bottom with 3 options:
- Restore
- Details
- and delete All
- Click on Delete all and we will delete that file forever with no way to recover it
Si we want to delete everything from the Trash:
- We open it again and in the upper right we have the options Edit and Empty
- Click on Empty and delete all the files that we have in this space
Una great functionality of our Samsung phones and that allows you to recover files. Which by the way, if you ever delete something like this quickly, remember that it stays in the Trash, so if you want to delete it completely you will have to go to the Trash to delete it forever.
Google Photos, possibly the best option for those who do not have a Samsung mobile
For those without a Samsung phone, surely Google Photos is the best option since it has a Recycle Bin that allows us to safeguard the images or videos that we have stored in this space in the cloud that we share with the assigned Google account.
Es It is not as useful as the Samsung app, since it does allow you to safeguard any type of file you have on your mobile, while Google Photos is more dedicated to images and videos; Especially since everything we delete from Photos is stored. That is, you will find everything you delete from this app, so if you have deleted something from home or another app, remember that you will not be able to recover it.
There are Two points that distinguish the Photos Trash from Samsung's:
- First, all the elements that have a copy they will be permanently deleted 60 days after we have sent the file to the trash
- Y second, if the image or video that we have deleted and it is in the trash, it has no copy, it will be deleted after 30 days
There are two points to take into account for a Google Photos Trash that you can find from:
- We open Google Photos
- We go at the bottom to the third Library tab
- Right in the middle of the screen you will find "Trash"
- Press, and you will access it
Another reason why we have to work with the Google Photos gallery, especially so as not to have to install an alternative app if we do not have with a Samsung mobile; and on top now we can even easily pass all the photos that Let's have Google Photos in Apple iCloud with the tool given by it.
Android 11 Trash
Let's see, no is that Android 11 has a universal trash can that already comes by default on a mobile with this version of Android, but Google has given the option to third-party manufacturers to activate the Trash on their mobiles or in the custom layer they use.
That is they do not have to "program" or "create" a Trash from scratch, but remains deactivated in Android 11. Simply by activating it they will have it as can happen in the last Pixels launched by the great G.
And the best, not only the manufacturers, but any app installed on an Android 11 can activate the Trash to be assigned to that app. This also opens the door for third-party app developers to offer better user experiences.
Recover images and videos: the Recycle Bin app
If we do not have a mobile with Android 11 or a Samsung phone, and we want to have a Trash for the entire system, we can pull some of the more than valid alternatives that we have in the Play Store. And it is true that some offer a very pleasant experience to try to give an alternative to those who want to recover their files when they are deleted.
Firstly we advise that Recycle Bin works in a similar way to Google Photos. And it is that only the images and videos that we have on the mobile are sent to the Trash. For example, if we delete an APK, an installation file, it will not be taken to this app, but it will be deleted directly.
It is perhaps the greatest handicap, although it is true that if we compare it to Photos, allows us that everything we delete from anywhere is taken to that Trash.
Another advantage of this app is that if we recover a file, it will be returned to its original location and not to a "recovered" folder. This, which may seem silly at the end of the day, may be saving us from having to copy or move the file if it were taken to another folder.
Recycle Bin has had a large community of users for years and it has become the best alternative as a Trash app for Android when we do not have any of the options mentioned up to this section.
Recovers any type of file: Dumpster Recycle Bin
This app is characterized because we are going to to be able to send any file we want to the Trash. That is, even that APK that we could not send to the Trash with the previous app, we can erase it so that it is there for a few weeks and if we recover it, we can do it.
Between Another of the advantages it has is a cloud-type cloud storage. That is, we are going to have a trash can in the cloud where all the files that we delete from our mobile will go and so we can recover them without major problems. The fact that it is in the cloud or in the cloud (don't miss these free cloud services) means that they will not take up space in the mobile storage, so it can be an alternative to the previous ones for this mere fact or special feature.
Now the real handicap? It has its limits and these are in the free option:
- Trash
- Gallery recovery
- Themes
- Comes with permanent advertising
So if you want to opt for the trash in the cloud you will have to go through the box for 29,99 euros per month And that may seem excessive for all that it offers for that cost. A limited app that its best are under a micropayment and that for certain things such as deleting images and videos can come in handy.
These are the best Trash apps that you have on your Android mobile and that depending on the brand or version of Android you are on, you can use one or the other.
