How to Recover Deleted Videos from iPad Air/Air 2 and iPad mini 2/mini 3

Question: "I accidentally deleted a video from my iPad and now I am trying to recover it, but I don't know how? "

- A User from Yahoo Answer

With the wonderful Retina display, Pad Air or iPad mini offers us a new experience to watch videos. People like to save many videos on iPad Air/mini to enjoy at their leisure time. However, people may delete some videos by chance and want to recover them as the user above. Have you ever encountered the same situation? Have you known how to recover deleted videos on iPad Air/mini?

If you still haven't found a perfect solution to this problem, don't worry! We will introduce you a powerful iOS data recovery software PhoneRescue and also offer you two methods to recover deleted videos from iPad Air/iPad mini in this step-by-step tutorial.

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Outstanding Features of PhoneRescue

PhoneRescue is an excellent recovery software to help Apple users to restore the lost files they need.

• It supports recovering the files, such as, videos, contacts, messages, reminders, photos, music, app documents, and more on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch.
• It provides three recovery modes for Apple users. The modes are "Recover from iOS Device", "Recover from iTunes Backup", and "Recover from the iCloud". If you haven't created any backup before, you can use "Recover from iOS Device" to retrieve deleted videos from iPad Air/mini. If you have created iTunes or iCloud backup in advance, you can recover deleted video without devices.
• It allows users to preview deleted videos in thumbnails so that you can selectively recover what you need instead of all the things on your iPad Air/mini.

Part 1: Recover Deleted Videos from iPad Air/mini without Backup

Step 1. Download and install PhoneRescue on your PC/Mac, and then connect your iPad Air/iPad mini to computer via a USB cable.

Step 2. Run PhoneRescue, and then click on "Recover from an iOS Device" on the homepage.

Step 3. Select the "Camera Roll" and "Video", and then click on "Start Scan".

Step 4. After scanning, click on the "Camera Roll" or "Video" to preview and select the videos you want to recover. At last, click on "Recover" button.

Note: If you have not created any backup on iTunes or iCloud in advance, you could recover deleted videos from iPad Air/mini directly, thus, the part 1 is the right way for you. However, if you have lost your iPad Air/mini, but have created backup on iTunes or iCloud, you could also retrieve deleted videos from iTunes or iCloud backup, and there is no need to connect iPad Air/iPad mini to computer. You can read part 2 to know how to retrieve erased videos from iTunes backup.

Part 2: Recover Deleted Videos on iPad Air/mini from iTunes Backup

Step 1. Run PhoneRescue, and click on "Select an iTunes Backup".

Step 2. Pick up one of the iTunes backups of iPad Air/mini, and click on "Next" button.

Step 3. Choose Camera Roll and click on Start Scan button to scan iTunes backup.

Step 4. Preview and pick up the videos you want to recover, and then click on "Recover" button.

Note: If you have made backup on iCloud, you can choose "Recover from the iCloud" mode at the beginning. You can refer to Retrieve Data from iCloud for iPhone iPad iPod touch.

The Bottom Line

If you have deleted some videos on iPad Air/mini by chance and want to get them back, you could read on this guide to find a right way to recover the deleted videos from iPad Air or iPad mini. PhoneRescue gives Apple users a chance to retrieve the lost files when they have no iTunes or iCloud backup. For any question, please contact our support team , they will reply to you within 24 hours. If you think this guide is very useful, please share it with your friends. Now have a try on PhoneRescue.