I Have A Desktop Picture That I Accidentally Deleted From My Photos.

[Alicat58]

I have my favourite picture of my brother and his wife as my desktop background but have accidentally deleted the original picture. Is there a way I can save it?
Thanks in anticipation. x

[jim360]

Search for it in your recycle bin -- could still be there.

(It's usually found on the top-left of your desktop -- if not, then go to Start, and search for Recycle Bin).

[Alicat58]

Unfortunately I have emptied my recycle bin many times since I used this picture. Thanks anyway. x

[albaqwerty]

have you checked images/photos/pictures files?
Have you sent it via email / received it via email.
There may be a possibility of it being there somewhere.

[Buenchico]

>>> I have my favourite picture of my brother and his wife as my desktop background

I noe that you're using the present tense there. Does that mean that the picture is still appearing as your desktop wallpaper? If so, there must be a copy of it on your computer. (Tell us which version of Windows you're using, so that we can help you locate it).

[Buenchico]

^^^ noe?? note!!

[archibaldy]

Assuming you mean Windows based on your mention of Recycle Bin. Windows does hold this file but it's in a system location you may not have easy access to via file explorer.

It also depends on your version of Windows.

For Windows 10 it's held in:

C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\CachedFiles

You need to get to \AppData by typing it in as it's hidden by default.

[Old_Geezer]

If you deleted it ages ago it's location may have been overwritten by now. But if not, there are recovery programmes on the Web that might find it. Although downloading & installing to a different disk is advisable. You could try https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva for example.

But as Buen says, if you are still seeing it as wallpaper then it still exists and it's just a case of locating it.

[Bazile]

Could it have been backed up to the cloud , somewhere ?

Ignore me if I'm talking rubbish

[Alicat58]

Thank you all for your help. I have found the picture tucked away in a completely different file.
It did make sense that if the picture was still on my desktop the then it must still be on my PC somewhere and the app/data/roaming files.
Sorry I fell asleep last night before the answers came through but tha k you all for your time.