Possible To Recover Deleted Files After Emptying The Trash?

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I have an later 2014 rMBP with 128 SSD. I emptied the trash two days ago to release more storage. Under such circumstance, is it possible to retrieve the deleted documents?
 
You have some options, but the longer you continue to use your computer, the harder the recovery will be.
  • If you are using Time Machine, you have a back up. Just launch Time Machine and use Spotlight to search for the file or files from the point right before you trashed and emptied the trash.
  • If you have a third party back up like SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner and you have Not done a new backup since the trashing of the files, you have a copy there.
  • If you use DropBox or iCloud to store your files, you can check there and restore those files.
If none of these options are true to you, then you must stop using your computer and obtain a third party data rescue program. When files are deleted in most operating systems, they aren’t erased from permanent storage, but rather an index that points to the files is removed. If you keep working on the computer, it’s possible the old data will be overwritten by new files. Third-party apps can scan the drive to find fragments and files, and sometimes make complete recoveries.

There are several third party apps to try.

Data Rescue One
Data Recovery Wizard
Mac Data Recovery 3.0
 
Mostly what Cheryl mentioned!
Yes, the more that you have used your MBPro since you emptied the trash, it is less likely that you can recover anything. Your macOS system writes to the drive for various reasons while you are using it. Newly released space (empty trash), might be written over pretty quickly.

When did you last backup your drive? This is a good opportunity to use a Time Machine backup, where you could easily find your files. Or if you use a different app or other method for backing up your files, this is why you make a backup, and keep it current.
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I am now stopping using the machine. I just searched the file in Time Machine and no in there too as the last backup was two months ago.
 
Cheryl said:
You have some options, but the longer you continue to use your computer, the harder the recovery will be.
  • If you are using Time Machine, you have a back up. Just launch Time Machine and use Spotlight to search for the file or files from the point right before you trashed and emptied the trash.
  • If you have a third party back up like SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner and you have Not done a new backup since the trashing of the files, you have a copy there.
  • If you use DropBox or iCloud to store your files, you can check there and restore those files.
If none of these options are true to you, then you must stop using your computer and obtain a third party data rescue program. When files are deleted in most operating systems, they aren’t erased from permanent storage, but rather an index that points to the files is removed. If you keep working on the computer, it’s possible the old data will be overwritten by new files. Third-party apps can scan the drive to find fragments and files, and sometimes make complete recoveries.

There are several third party apps to try.

Data Rescue One
Data Recovery Wizard
Mac Data Recovery 3.0
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Is it possible to recover my excel file that have been deleted for 3 weeks?
 
Depends. Maybe. Maybe not. You won’t know until you get a data rescue app and give it a try.
 
Cheryl said:
You have some options, but the longer you continue to use your computer, the harder the recovery will be.
  • If you are using Time Machine, you have a back up. Just launch Time Machine and use Spotlight to search for the file or files from the point right before you trashed and emptied the trash.
  • If you have a third party back up like SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner and you have Not done a new backup since the trashing of the files, you have a copy there.
  • If you use DropBox or iCloud to store your files, you can check there and restore those files.
If none of these options are true to you, then you must stop using your computer and obtain a third party data rescue program. When files are deleted in most operating systems, they aren’t erased from permanent storage, but rather an index that points to the files is removed. If you keep working on the computer, it’s possible the old data will be overwritten by new files. Third-party apps can scan the drive to find fragments and files, and sometimes make complete recoveries.

There are several third party apps to try.
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Thanks , What you say makes sense
 
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