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. 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.
