Of course you can install a trash can on Android to recover or delete files like Windows. That is, we delete, it is sent to the trash and in a matter of days, depending on what we have configured, they are eliminated forever.
It is a great way to be able to recover a file that for whatever time or days we understand that we need it. A function that we already have in Android some of the custom layers that we have of some brands; although we can also get one so we can always go to it when we want to recover something. Go for it.
If you have a Samsung phone, you already have a trash can
The best of shooting for the best brands, how is it in this case Samsung, is that they already offer some extra functions, such as Secure Folder, and that allow us to pass olympically from third-party apps. In this case, having a Samsung phone with One UI or the same Image Gallery installed, we will be able to approach the trash can function.
In other words, the custom layer of Samsung already offers us this Trash function not only from Image Gallery, its own app, but in another such as the File Explorer itself. And so you can access the Samsung Trash:
- We open Image Gallery on a Samsung mobile
- The main screen we give the button with three vertical points located in the upper right corner
- From the pop-up menu we choose Trash
- We will have the Trash to select items that we want to erase or empty it completely from the same button located in the upper right part
In Samsung the Trash is permanently deleted after 30 days, so everything we have in it will be erased automatically without us having to do anything.
How to have Trash with Google Photos
There is nothing easier to have a Trash on our mobile than through Google Photos, although this solution will only serve us for the images that we have in the Google gallery. That is if we erase anywhere from another a file from a manager, we will not be able to handle it as if it happens with the Samsung solution.
The thing is to get used to handling all our photos, GIFs, and videos from Google Photos so that when we want to go back to recover them we can access its Trash function. If for whatever reason you have never fallen into the Google Photos networks, it is the best moment, since we are facing one of the best apps that we can have on an Android mobile.
We install the app:
Already installed only we have to click on the side navigation menu button so we have a series of sections. The one that interests us is «Trash».
We press it and go to the same section. We will have it empty and a message in which we are notified that all the images and videos that are found in Trash will be deleted after 60 days. An important function that we have in this image gallery app that can be an alternative to Samsung's, although we are left with the same from the South Korean brand for being present throughout the system.
How to install the Trash on any Android mobile: to recover images and videos
If we don't have a Samsung phone We can also have a Trash on our mobile with a third-party app: Recycle Bin.
Let's install it:
This app will allow to recover the images and videos that we have deleted on our mobile. No other type of file is saved in the Trash, so if you decide to delete an APK file, do not intend to recover it from this app later. It will not be present.
When we have Recycle Bin installed we have to activate it with the play button. This allows us to even be active in the background if we have closed all processes and so we can return to it to take a look at what we have been eliminating in days ago.
As Recycle Bin collects from the page on Google Play, the images and videos that we recover from the app return to the same location from which they were deleted. That is does not put them elsewhere, but on the same site, so use a file browsing app to review it and thus keep its location in mind for later use.
It is true that this app has lost a bit of bellows thanks to custom capes Like the one mentioned by Samsung, since brands are offering the Trash function as part of the system and that, apart from serving us for images and videos, they are also valid for all types of files.
Be that as it may, if you find yourself in the situation of needing a Trash and you don't have a mobile with that function, this app free called Recycle Bin is a great alternative to be able to recover previously deleted files. Yes it is true that it does not have a great interface, but it fulfills its function of being useful; although it is true that if it were a better work, it might be an excuse to use it more.
Dumpster Recycle Bin: Recover files of any format
We quote this other third-party app called Dumpster Recycle Bin because it offers the ability to recover photos at high resolution. In fact, in one of the feedback given by a user, he cites this ability as the reason for him to continue using this app if we compare it to others that we have in the Play Store.
And best of all: yes that recovers other types of files other than images and videos. That is, if you delete a Word file or an APK of an application, you can recover them with this free app called Dumpster. Of course, you have the option of offering a cloud storage service to have the Cloud Trash. That is, everything you delete will be available online from any device on which you have this Trash installed.
Yes it is true that service is under subscription and that the best options are paid. Be that as it may, it is an important alternative to consider.
Trash on Android 11: get a Google Pixel
Si You have a Google Pixel phone, surely you can already install the Android 11 beta and try one of its most important novelties: the Trash. As we have said about brands like Samsung, in Android 11 and future versions we will already have this basic feature in the system.
That is, we can recover those files, images, videos and more that we would have deleted from anywhere in the system, in order to access the Trash, just like we do from the Samsung file explorer.
A novelty that will allow all phones of any range that are launched with the Android 11 version to be able to have the Trash and thus pass from those third-party apps that usually come with limitations that we have to get around with payments.