To recover lost or deleted files from an SD card, professional SD card recovery software is required. Luckily, there are several data recovery solutions that support external storage devices such as SD cards and flash drives, available for both Windows and macOS users. With these applications, virtually any file type can be recovered from a corrupt or logically damaged SD card. In this article, we review the best SD card recovery applications that you can use.

Free SD card file recovery

There are several types of memory cards available in the market, including Secure Digital (SD), MicroSD, CompactFlash (CF), Memory Stick (MS), XD-Picture Card (xD), and MultiMediaCard (MMC). Each has its own features and specifications, so it's important to check your device's manual to see which type of memory card is compatible with it before purchasing one.

Best SD card data recovery software

DiskInternals Uneraser SD Card Recovery is a notable SD card recovery software program available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users.

It comes with many features and built-in tools for recovering files, such as a free recovery preview, Unicode support, virtual disks support, a disk image backup tool, a recovery wizard, a file explorer, and an exporter. The app works with a wide variety of file systems, such as FAT12/16/32, APFS(reader), ExFAT, RomFS(reader), HFS+(Mac), Ext2, 3, and 4 (Linux), ReFS, NTFS, NTFS5, UFS, XFS, and ZFS. It can recover files from heavily logically and physically damaged devices, including HDD, SSD, SD card, and USB flash drive.