I accidentally deleted my entire photo library from my Windows laptop when I removed the OneDrive folder. I saw a folder called OneDrive with some seemingly empty folders, so I deleted it to clear up space. When I did that, I got a prompt about system files, skipped some, and confirmed the deletion, thinking it was fine. Now all my photos are gone, and I can't find them in the recycling bin or through search. I don't understand how deleting OneDrive could delete my local photos since I don't have a OneDrive account set up or any cloud storage active. How is this even possible, and is there any way to recover my lost photos?
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First thing's first, check if you have any backups. Windows might have a built-in backup option that could save you!
I don’t have OneDrive set up because I removed it a while back. I'm not syncing files online, so I'm wondering where any backups would have come from.