Change How Office Applications Automatically Save Files
Office applications automatically save temporary backups of files at periodic intervals (every 10 minutes, by default), so your file should contain most of the work you lost. Select the file you need and then click Open. The UnsavedFiles folder contains all unsaved files Office has created temporary backups for. On the Info page, click “Manage Document” and then, from the drop-down menu, choose “Recover Unsaved Documents.” Note also that you have an option for deleting all unsaved documents should you want to do that. Start by opening whatever Office application you were working in where your file didn’t get saved. You might just have to hunt around a bit for the actual commands. Also, the recovery feature has been around for a long time, so if you’re using an older version of Office (going back to at least Office 2007), you’ll still be able to attempt recovery.
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RELATED: Why Deleted Files Can Be Recovered, and How You Can Prevent It How to Recover an Unsaved Office Fileįor these instructions, we’re working in Word 2016, but the steps are almost identical in other Office 2016 applications like Excel and PowerPoint. That said, if you do run into a problem with an unsaved Office file, here’s how to recover it.
Back up your computer regularly and consider turning on the file version feature in in Windows. Also, you’d be well served to put some additional preventative measures in place before you actually run into this problem. We’re not talking here about when you’ve actually deleted a file in Windows, though there are ways you might recover from that kind of mishap as well.
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