Skip to content
SecArsenal
Educational and ethical use only. Only test systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test. Full disclaimer.

ext4magic

Recover deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions

forensic-carving-toolsBlue Team
Official docs ↗Download ↗Source repo ↗

Platforms: Linux · Last verified September 6, 2026

ext4magic is a file carver (or file carving). It can be used when recovering from disasters or in digital forensics activities.

Only use this tool against systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test — see the disclaimer.

Getting started

See the official Kali tool page and upstream homepage linked above for installation and usage details.

Commonly preinstalled on

Kali Linux

Debian-based distribution built for penetration testing and security auditing