Microsoft Excel has several features designed to help you recover unsaved versions of files and prevent data loss.

Need to recover an “unsaved” Excel file from your hard drive? Hoping it was saved by your “Autosave” feature? If you haven’t done anything else to the file yet, it should still be there ...

If you're looking for an easy way to recover unsaved Excel files, this is the guide for you. We'll show you how to recover unsaved workbook quickly and easily, so you can get back to work.

Sometimes you can accidentally save the wrong version of an Excel document and want to recover the previous version of the file. Don't worry, it's feasible and will take only 5 minutes of your time.

If you lost work to an Excel workbook because of the program crashed or because of an unexpected shutdown, Excel actually has a built-in way to recover your file or the changes made to a file.

For the first scenario described above, the way to recover your never-before-saved file is to, first, open Microsoft Excel. Then go to the File tab on your Ribbon and click Open. Click Recent and then ...

How to Recover a Microsoft Excel File That Is Not in a Recognizable Format. If Microsoft Excel fails to recognize a file in the XLSX or XLS format, the data contained in the file could be corrupted.

Auto Recover saves unsaved Excel files when the system shuts down. If Excel Excel Auto Recover is not working, take these steps to fix the issue.