HTC M7 photos, media, and downloads deleted, how can I get them back?

[bipx]

es file manager probably. it just showed up in my notification far saying it would clean up unnecessary large files taking up space. It was only 1GB worth of files and seemed to be only apks cache files and some other files that i couldnt recognize

 

[bipx]

some of them looked like text files

 

[B. Diddy]

Sorry, but I just can't be sure how this happened. ES File Explorer is generally reliable, although some people question the company's integrity when it comes to data privacy. I suppose it's possible that something went wrong with that cleanup, leading to some kind of data corruption. But this is all speculation.

 

[bipx]

ill probably just format my phone.if i cant recover that 7GB of files , no point for it to be taking up so much space. Thank you for your help!