How to Recover Excel File Not Saved or Lost [Tutorial]

How to Recover Excel File Not Saved or Lost [Tutorial]
Have you ever lost an Excel file because you accidentally closed it without saving? Or because your computer crashed? It’s really frustrating - but you don’t have to start over!
There are a few ways you can recover unsaved Excel files. You might not get the latest version with all of your most recent changes, but it’s a lot better than starting from scratch. Let’s take a look at those recovery methods to see how it’s done!
Imagine you had been working on a really important Workbook for hours and the system crashes. The file is not saved, and you just lost hours of work because you forget to hit the save button.
But what about when you realize that you made a mistake while working on the workbook an hour ago? How do you go back to an older version of the Excel file?
Well, don’t panic because we have compiled together some of the most efficient tips to recover unsaved Excel files and their older versions.
By default, Microsoft provides an AutoRecovery option which can recover files that were saved, but their latest version cannot be accessed because the system or Excel crashed.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).

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No because I'm on MAC so there isn't even an "option" button under "File" - any suggestions on recovering from an Apple product?

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We've found the lost file on the location we have saved it (in our case, in a desktop folder), but with a different file type: a TMP file with another name. We opened the TMP file with excel & there was the lost file we've been so worried about losing its data! So we really recommend checking the file path you saved your excel file into but look for another file name & type (a TMP file type) and open it with excel & we hope that your problem would be solved!

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