Where to look for a shopping cart on Xiaomi Redmi Note: 5 ways to find deleted files

You accidentally deleted an important photo, video or document on your Xiaomi Redmi Note and can't find where the Recycle Bin is stored? Unlike Windows or macOS, on Android (and especially in the MIUI shell), the standard "basket" isn't always obvious. Its location depends on whether the file was deleted through a gallery, file manager, Google Photos or a third-party application.

In this article, we’ll look at all the possible places where the shopping cart on your Redmi Note might be hiding (including the Note 10/11/12/13 Pro models and others), and explain how to recover deleted data if it hasn’t been permanently erased. It’s important to understand that there’s no single shopping cart for all files on Android – each service (gallery, Google Drive, file manager) stores deleted data separately.

1.Basket in the standard MIUI gallery

If you delete a photo or video through the Gallery app, the files are placed in the MIUI temporary shopping cart, which stores the data for up to 30 days, then automatically clears it, to find it:

1. Open the Gallery app (not to be confused with Google Photos!).
2. Slip on three horizontal lines (☰) top-right.
3. Select Recycle Bin (or recently deleted in older versions of MIUI).
4. Click on the file and select Restore.

⚠️ If there is no “basket” item in the gallery, then:

• 📱 You are using Redmi Note with the version. MIUI Below 12 – the cart is disabled by default.
• 🗑️ Files were deleted via another service (e.g. Google Photos).
• ⚙️ The cart was turned off in the settings (see the next section).

2. How to turn on the basket in the gallery MIUI, if it is not

On some Redmi Note models (especially those with custom firmware or older MIUI versions), the gallery basket is disabled to activate it:

1. Open the Gallery» → ☰ → Settings.
2. Find the Recycle Bin (or Delete Files) section.
3. Activate the Save Deleted Files switch.
4. Set a storage period (by default - 30 days).

If you don’t have that option in your settings, try updating your MIUI to the latest version or using alternative recovery methods (see Section 5).

Is the standard gallery open (not Google Photos)?

Is there a "basket" item on the menu (☰)?

Is the cart activated in the gallery settings?

Have you tried to update MIUI?

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⚠️ Attention: On the Redmi Note 8/9 s MIUI 11 The gallery may not have a shopping cart below, even after the update. In this case, use Google Photos or the file manager (section). 3).

3.Basket in the MIUI file manager

Files deleted through the standard File Manager icon also end up in temporary storage to find it:

1. Open Files (application from Xiaomi).
2. Go to the Categories section (bottom of the screen).
3. Scroll down and select the basket.
4. Select the files you need and click Restore.

If the cart is empty or missing, check:

• 🔍 Were the files deleted through this manager (and not through another service).
• ⏳ Has not 30 days passed since the deletion (default storage period).
• 📁 Have the files been deleted from SD-Cards - they don't get into the basket!

4. Recycle Bin in Google Photos (if sync is enabled)

If you use Google Photos to back up, deleted photos and videos are stored in its Recycle Bin for 60 days to recover:

1. Open the Google Photos app.
2. Slip on the profile avatar. → Basket.
3. Select files and click Restore.

⚠️ Note: If you deleted files not through Google Photos, but through a gallery MIUI, They won't get into the Google shopping cart:

• 🔄 Is sync enabled in Google Photo settings (Settings) → Backup and synchronization).
• 📧 Do you use the same Google account as when you delete it.
• 🗑️ Did you manually clean the basket.

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If Google Photos doesn’t have a shopping cart, check if files are deleted from your device before backing up, in which case you can only restore them through specialized programs (Section 5).

5. File recovery if the basket is empty

If you don't find files in any of the shopping carts, you can try to recover them with third-party tools, and it's important that the less you use your phone after you delete it, the better the chances of success.

• 🛠️ DiskDigger (for photo/video) – scans internal memory.
• 📱 Recuva (for PC) – if you connect Redmi Note to your computer.
• 🔍 MIUI Hidden Settings – to access system folders (requires root).

Instructions for DiskDigger:

1. Install the app from Google Play.
2. Select Full Scan (requires root for maximum results).
3. Wait for the analysis to be completed and mark the files you need.
4. Save them to another media (not the same Redmi Note!).

⚠️ Note: PC recovery (e.g., Recuva) requires enabled debugging USB (Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI → 7 times to tap → For developers → Debugging by USB). Without it, the program will not see the internal memory.

6.Why files are not recovered from the Recycle Bin

Sometimes users are faced with the fact that the shopping cart is empty or files are not restored.

💡 Helpful tip: To avoid data loss in the future, set up automatic backups in Google Photos or MI Cloud (Settings) → Accounts. → Mi Cloud → Backups: This will save copies of photos, contacts and notes even when you reset your phone.

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The Recycle Bin on Xiaomi Redmi Note is not universal: its location depends on the way you delete the file. Always check the MIUI Gallery, Google Photos and the file manager in turn.

FAQ: Frequent questions about the cart on Xiaomi