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How to Recover Deleted Recordings on Sky Q and Sky Plus Box


Unfortunately, it's not possible to recover deleted recordings directly from the Sky Q box. However, you can try checking the "Recents" section on the planner, as recordings are sometimes stored there temporarily before being deleted. If the recordings are still not there, you might want to check your Sky Q app on your mobile device or tablet, as it may have a "Recently Deleted" section where you can find the recordings. If none of these options work, you may want to contact Sky's customer support for further assistance. They may be able to help you recover the recordings or provide alternative solutions.

Like the above cases, sometimes, you might mistakenly delete recording files or programs from your Sky Q by wrong. Actually, you are not alone. Many users have the same experience and asked for help on Sky Q data recovery online. Here we will introduce how to recover deleted recording files Sky Q Box in two ways. Existing Sky+ users can upgrade to Sky Q, and the data recovery solutions provided within this page is also applicable. If you are interested in this topic, you can read on to get the step-by-step guides. 

How to Recover Deleted Recordings and Programs on Sky Q

If you've accidentally deleted recordings or programs from your Sky Q box, don't worry - you may be able to recover them. Before searching for a data recovery tool, try checking if it's possible to restore deleted files from the box. Fortunately, the answer is yes, and you can recover deleted files in two ways depending on the situation.

Workable Solutions Step-by-step Troubleshooting
Fix 1. Undelete from Trash To recover a deleted recording on Sky Q, press the Sky button on your remote, select Recordings, then Deleted, choose the recording you want to recover, and select Undelete. You can then restore or permanently delete the recording.Full steps
Fix 2. Use Data Recovery Software Take the Sky Q hard drive out of the box, and connect it to a computer where you installed Deep Data Recovery. choose the exact drive where you lost data, and click Scan....Full steps

If you've deleted items by mistake, there are two ways to get them back. You can either use the "Recycle Bin" or the "Restore from Backup" feature, both of which are detailed below. Choose one of these options to restore your lost files.

Way 1 - Undelete from Trash 

When a program is deleted from a Sky Plus Box or Sky+, it's moved to the Deleted section of Recordings, and if there's enough space on the Sky Q box's hard drive, it can be easily undeleted by following simple steps.

Step 1. To access deleted recordings on your Sky Q, press the Sky button on your remote, navigate to Recordings, and then select the Deleted option.

Step 2. Select the recording you want to recover and select Undelete.

Step 3. Restore or permanently delete your recordings

How to Recover Deleted Files from Recycle Bin?

If you're looking to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin, don't worry - it's not too late! You can still retrieve your lost files with the right approach. Follow the steps to learn how to recover deleted files from the Recycle Bin immediately.

Image of Recycle Bin

Way 2 - Undelete with Qiling Hard Drive Data Recovery Software

Sky Q, Sky+, or Sky Plus Box typically store recording files, including TV shows and movies, on an external hard drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, or SSD. If these recordings are deleted, you can use Qiling file recovery software to retrieve them. This software can scan devices to find and recover deleted recordings, including permanently deleted shows and TV programs, without the need for a data recovery company or service.

To recover files from a Sky Q box, you need to remove the hard drive from the box and connect it to a computer running Deep Data Recovery software, allowing the software to scan and recover your files.

Step 1. Connect your external hard drive to your computer using a correct USB cable. Run Deep Data Recovery, select the desired file types, and click "Next" to begin the recovery process.

Select file types that you want to recover

Step 2.You will see your external disk listed under External drives in the next window. This software supports popular external disk brands like WD, Seagate, Toshiba, LaCie, SanDisk, Samsung, and others.

Select the external hard drive and then click the "Scan" button. 

select your seagate external hard drive and click scan

Step 3. As soon as the scan process begins, the software will detect and display more lost and deleted data, which will be organized in the scan results. The recovered data will be easily accessible, allowing you to quickly find target files or folders by file type or searching for an exact file name in the search box.

select files and click recover

Step 4. After scanning, you can preview the files found by Deep Data Recovery's algorithms and select the ones you want to recover. To avoid overwriting the original data, save the recovered files to a different drive than the Seagate drive. Simply click "Recover" to start the recovery process.

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