How to Recover Videos from GoPro Hero Video Camcorder

The Question: can i recover deleted videos from gopro?

Answer: YES, the deleted Gopro videos can be restored with a recovery tool such as iCare Recovery Free, Recuva etc. for totally free if the deleted videos were not overwritten by new recorded videos.

How to recover deleted videos from gopro hero 5, hero 7, hero 8, hero 9 camera - 2 free tools

This following content shows the guide that you may follow to undelete videos from Gopro cameras no matter what type of Gopro camcorders, hero 5, hero 7, hero 8, hero 9 or others.

The key: the videos were stored on the memory card, mostly your sd card that you used on your Gopro video camcorder. You may use the free recovery tool to scan the sd card and restore the deleted Gopro videos.

Tips to increase deleted video recovery

  • Stop recording new videos or images with the sd card that you used in your Gopro camera video recorder to avoid data overwritten
  • Take your sd card out of your Gopro camera
  • Insert the sd card to pc with a memory card reader for recovery

Free#1 - Recovering deleted video files from Gopro Camera with iCare Recovery Free

iCare Data Recovery Free is a 100% free undelete video recovery utility that works on Windows computers to bring deleted video clips or lost video files from Gopro camcorder for free.

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Steps to use this free utility.

  1. Step1, Download, install the free tool on your Windows computer
  2. Step2, Take your sd card out of the Gopro video camera, and insert it to pc with a memory card reader to desktop/laptops (usually there is sd card slot in laptops that you may directly insert the sd card to the laptop)
  3. Step3, Run the software, and select a recovery mode to scan your videos
  4. Step4,Select the found video and save them onto the pc hard drive or external usb flash drive as the place to save your videos

Free#2 recover video from gopro camcorder with Recuva

Recuva is another free tool that you may use it for deleted Gopro video recovery.

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What's needed to address about this program?

You may select the Video column and start scanning that can find only videos.

Steps to use Recuva for Gopro camera recovery.

  1. Step1, Insert Gopro sd card to a pc with a memory card reader at first
  2. Step2, Download Recuva from its official site, and open this free tool
  3. Step3, Select Videos to start scanning
  4. Step4, Save videos from the sd card to another storage drive

Also read: 8+ free data recovery tools

Why is my Gopro footage not showing up?

There are many causes when Gopro videos are not showing up in your memory card or computer.

  • The sd card has virus infection, which will remove the Gopro footage or hide the videos
  • The sd card is logically or physically damaged

Also read: sd card files not showing up

The way Gopro videos were saved on the memory card

The place where Gopro videos saved: The memory card sdhc, sdxc or sd memory card, tf card, MicroSD card

What are the requirements for the memory card used in goprofusion?

1, U3 standard memory card is required for Gopro Fusion as the basic equipement for this video camera. A TF card with 64GB which reads 160MB/S, writes 60MB/S may be enough for Gopro video recording and photography.

2, As for the storage capacity of Gopro memory card, a TF memory card with maximum support of 512GB is limited. Usually smaller capacities are recommended such as 64GB or 128GB since the high capacity memory card will take longer to read the content which is easy to cause a crash.

There is a list that shows different hero cameras supports storage media card with different cpacities and limits.

  • HD hero supports SD and SDHC cards, with a maximum support of 32GB and a speed of class4 or above.
  • HD hero2 supports SD and SDHC cards, with a maximum support of 32GB and a speed of class4 or above.
  • HD hero 960 supports SD and SDHC cards, with a maximum support of 32GB and a speed of class4 or above.
  • Hero (2014) supports microSD and microSDHC cards, with a maximum support of 32GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i and above. Hero (2018) supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 128GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 3 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 64GB and a speed of class10 or above.
  • Hero 4 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 64GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 5 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 128GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 6 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 256gb and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 7 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 128GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 8 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 256gb and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero 9 supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 256gb and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero+ LCD supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 64GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.
  • Hero+ supports microSD, microSDHC and microsdxc cards, with a maximum support of 64GB and a speed of class10 or uhs-i or above.

FAQs

Question: how to recover deleted videos from gopro app

When users questioned can you recover deleted footage on GoPro, there is a question: the Gopro camera does not have such app to install on the camera for video recovery. You need to connect the Gopro memory card to pc for recovery.

Question: can you retrieve deleted videos from gopro

Retriving deleted videos from gopro with free Gopro video recovery software like iCare Data Recovery Free is 100% free of charge when your videos were not overwritten by new videos.

Question: gopro quik recent deleted, how do i recover deleted video from my GoPro Quik?

Is there recent delete recycle bin folder for Gopro that can recover deleted videos from Gopro quik? The answer is NO, there is no recycle bin folder available from Gopro camcorder camera.

For a recent deleted gopro quik videos, you may use the free tool iCare Data Recovery Free to undelete the videos by a few simple clicks.

Question: gopro videos not showing up on sd card

There are many chances when Gopro videos were not showing on the sd card

  • The Gopro videos were hidden by virus when you connect the sd card to pc and get infected with virus > Solution: how to show sd card files
  • The videos were hide by .nomedia file on your sd card which can be removed by this guide: file///sdcard/gallery show

Question: why did my GoPro delete videos?

If Gopro accidentally deleted your video, could it be possible that

  • Someone else operated this video camera and deleted the video by accident?
  • The sd card is full on Gopro camera so that it may automatically remove previous video if you set the video storage to store based on removing old files if it's full
  • The sd card on the Gopro camera may have infected with virus and the virus get the video hidden or removed...

Question: how to recover deleted videos from gopro hero 8, hero 7 or hero 9?

You may use free tool iCare Data Recovery for 100% free of charge to undelete videos from Gopro hero 7 8 9 or other types of Gopro camera. It's for a free Windows camera sd card recovery.

Question: disk drill gopro

Disk Drill is able to help restore deleted videos from Gopro camera sd card on Windows and MAC. This tool has a free limitation of 200MB free recovery in the trial and you need to pay a license code if you want to recover more files.

Also read: Android sd card recovery app

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