# Hello. I have mistakenly deleted all the files before tagging them and they have disappeared from my computer. Can I get them back? Thank you very much **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 19, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395 "2022-02-19T16:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zamarock](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@Zamarock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zamarock)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/1 "2022-02-19T16:25:47Z")
Hello. I have mistakenly deleted all the files before tagging them and they have disappeared from my computer. Can I get them back? Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/2 "2022-02-19T16:32:00Z")
What about your backup? How did you delete the files? ---
**Author:** ![Zamarock](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@Zamarock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zamarock)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/3 "2022-02-19T16:43:16Z")
Thanks for answering. They have been deleted from the folders and do not appear in the trash or anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/4 "2022-02-19T16:45:55Z")
Then I would say: hard luck. Without a backup, you have hardly any chance to get them back. By the way: where do you see MP3tag's role in something that is solely the task of the OS and its maintainance of the file system? ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/5 "2022-02-19T17:18:28Z")
> [@Zamarock](#): > > They have been deleted from the folders and do not appear in the trash or anywhere. The only chance to rescue a lot of them ist to use a data-rescue-software like Photorec. This only works if the files were on a classic hard-drive and not on a SSD. And you should not start your computer or do some work on it before you have tried to rescue your files. Every writing on the harddisk will probaly overwrite your deleted files. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hello-i-have-mistakenly-deleted-all-the-files-before-tagging-them-and-they-have-disappeared-from-my-computer-can-i-get-them-back-thank-you-very-much/56395/6 "2026-02-09T12:29:40Z")