How to Recover Deleted or Unsaved Excel Files (With Steps)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this tutorial, I'll show how to recover unsaved or deleted Excel file. 📗 Try a reliable Excel file recovery tool: bit.ly/3psVBYK
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Can I recover a document that wasn't saved?
01:39 How to enable AutoRecover Function in Excel
02:03 How to recover unsaved Excel file
03:18 How to recover deleted Excel file
06:31 Conclusions
Scenario #1: Losing your Excel document without saving.
So have you ever had a computer crash? Have you ever had a software freeze? Things to stop working in essentially forced you to quit without saving. And that's a real bummer, but lucky for us, there's a feature built right into Excel called AutoRecover that we can essentially use to save ourselves some progress that we may have lost when we had to shut down or close without saving.
Now, the one caveat with this is that it had to have been enabled before you began work on your Excel document, or at least before you lost your progress. If you've just recently installed Excel, then it will already likely been enabled and you can recover unsaved Excel files on windows 10. But if you just want to check to be sure that this method will actually work for you, then here's how you can check to make sure that AutoRecover was enabled:
Go to File ➡️ Options ➡️ Save
There you should see a checkmark next to the AutoRecover box.
If AutoRecover was enabled on your version of Excel, then here's what you can do to recover your unsaved file and get all that progress back:
1. Launch Excel and go to the File tab.
2. Click Open and then select the Recent Workbooks option on the top left.
3. Scroll down and click the Recover Unsaved Workbooks button.
4. Locate the lost file and double-click it to open the document.
5. The file will open in Excel and you can use the Save As option to save it to your desired location.
You can manually check the AutoRecover folder. To display the name of this folder, use the following procedure:
1. In Excel, click on File and then Options.
2. Click on Save in the left-side menu to display how your Excel workbooks are being saved.
3. The AutoRecover file location is where AutoRecovered files are saved. If AutoRecover is enabled, you can go to this folder and search for your lost file. It may have been generically renamed, so be sure to check all the files for the one you want.
Scenario #2: You accidentally deleted the file entirely and you need to get that entire file back.
Here we will use data recovery software to get our Excel file back in our hands and ready to use.
Again, we're trying to avoid overriding those files and completely deleting them forever. And so if we act quickly and minimize the use of our PC in the meantime, that will give us the best chances of not overriding the file and thus the best chances of getting it back.
Now, if you're looking at all the options out there, and there are a lot of them, you're likely feeling a bit overwhelmed. You need to find one that strikes the right balance between power, versatility, ease of use, and simplicity. And in my opinion, there's really only one that fits the bill. Disk Drill is one of the most powerful pieces of file recovery and file management software in the industry on top of being feature-packed, it also supports a wide array of file types and drives types. So whether or not you're trying to recover from your internal drive or from an external USB device and whether or not you're trying to recover just a basic Excel file or something more advanced than that Disk Drill is right there with you and it has you covered.
To recover deleted Excel sheet:
1. Download and install Disk Drill.
2. Select the storage device that contained the deleted files.
3. Scan for lost data using Disk Drill’s sophisticated recovery algorithms with just a click of a button.
4. Preview the XLSX files that can be recovered. You can limit the scan results so you only see the Excel files that have been found.
5. Select the files you want to retrieve and choose a safe location to save them.
6. Click the Restore button to get your lost files back.
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I really hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial and you found it helpful. And if you did always be sure to leave us a 👍, and a comment down below. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Thanks! You saved me a couple hours of work on a new file I closed and didn't save by mistake. Appreciate you taking the time to post this!!!
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Dude. You just saved probably 30 hours of work for me. You are a hero.
Clear, concise and thorough instructions. No fluff. Thank you!
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THANK YOU!!! I spent a lot of time searching online for this recovery information before I found your site. A million thanks for your easy and concise information! You saved me from hours of trying to re-create my document!
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Thank you Andrew for so detailed Excel recovery guide!
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Thank you for saving me the embarrassment and time of doing system restore point. I really appreciate your knowledge.
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You saved me hours of work, thanks!
Thank you so much. I was about to cry when I lost my work and found it hard to recover
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Thank you. i nearly started my entire workbook.
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Thank you so much, I just recovered my file.
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had autosave enabled and the recents was just blank, only had stuff from days before even though I had used it.
Don't take this the wrong way...but I love you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
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Thanks a lot it helped me .
You're welcome!
Awesome
Is it possible to retrieve deleted excel file if it's not in recycle bin anymore?
It depends. Please, scan your drive with the free version of Disk Drill to check.
Hi, is there a way to recover previous versions of unsaved Excel file?
No, unless they were saved as separate files with different names. If it is the same file, the information in it gets overwritten.
You might want to change the name for How to Recover on Windows. The interface is not the same for Mac and does not apply. Any idea where this information is for Mac users trying to recover a previous Excel Version?
Thank you for your comment. On Mac, you can try Time Machine or Disk Drill to recover deleted files.
excel cannot open the files bcuz the file format etention is not valid
can i recovered the Excel after formatting of hard drives and changge from windown 7 to 10
Every recovery case is unique and depends on thousands of parameters. The only way to verify that your files are recoverable is downloading Disk Drill Basic, running the scan with All recovery methods on the whole drive (not just volume or partition) without interruptions, locating the files in question, and previewing them to verify the content. Disk Drill PRO will recover the files that can be correctly previewed in Disk Drill Basic.
is it possible to recover unsaved file on SPSS?
If it is possible please help me.
You can scan your drive with Disk Drill. If you can find and fully preview your file, it is a guaranteed recovery.
Please I need help , can I recover files that do not save 2 days ago
You can scan your drive with Disk Drill and review scan results to estimate your recovery chances.
If only I had those option, mine just goes to regional settings.....
I lost a ton of data 😞
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hi i cant restore my files pls slove if u have discord i will show u what type of problem pls
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Hey!
Can we do it on mobile?
No, you need a Mac version of Disk Drill to work with mobile devices.
Nope didn't help.
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