How to Recover Unsaved/Deleted Photoshop Files on Windows 10/8/7

Check 3 Methods to Recover Deleted Adobe Photoshop Files

Can an unsaved Photoshop file be recovered? Yes! Check 3 method here to bring your lost PSD file back now:

"Do you have a quick way to get unsaved PSD files back? I lost some PSD files while editing them on Adobe Photoshop 2017 because of a sudden power outage. And most of them are unsaved. Is it possible for me to recover unsaved Photoshop files on Windows 10? Thanks for any advice."

Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. Most users have used it for web designs, creating 3D artwork, and the like. But high usage comes with many problems, and loss of unsaved Photoshop file is one of the hot issues. Usually, you may lose the Photoshop files unsaved as a result of:

• Photoshop errors
• Unexpected power failure
• Human errors, like closing program without saving
• Abrupt crash of Photoshop or the Windows computer

Whatever the reason is, it’s very unpleasant to lost Photoshop files unsaved. If you happen to meet this same problem, you can use the following two ways to restore unsaved PSD files in Photoshop CC 2019/2018/2017. What's more, we also provide you with a professional data recovery tool to recover deleted Photoshop files on Windows 10/8/7 as an extra measure. 

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Two Effective Ways to Recover Unsaved Photoshop Files

You can try the two simple solutions below to retrieve lost Photoshop files that are not saved. Another similar and hot topic you may be interested in: how to recover unsaved Word document in Windows 10. 

1. Restore Unsaved PSD from Recent Files

Restart your Photoshop, go to "File" > "Open Recent" and search for the lost unsaved PSD file. Then, open and restore the lost PSD.

2. Restore Unsaved Photoshop files from AutoSave

On Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC 2014/2015/2017/2018/2019, AutoSave feature is embedded. This function allows Photoshop to automatically back up PSD files at regular intervals that are editing. So you can easily recover unsaved Photoshop PSD files via AutoSave.

How to set up the AutoSave feature? Here are the details: Launch Adobe Photoshop CC > click "Edit "and select "Preference" > select "File Handling" > "Automatic save recovery information every * minute".

• Go to C:/Users/ your username here/AppData/Roaming/Adobe Photoshop (CS6 or CC)/AutoRecover.
• Find the unsaved PSD files, then open and save in Photoshop.

The AppData folder by default is hidden. Go to "View/Option" in the File Explorer and click on "View" > turn on "Show hidden files". And then you can choose and save wanted PSD files into a safe location on your PC.

Recover Deleted/Lost/Corrupted PhotoshopnPSD Files in 3 Steps

When you accidentally deleted or lost important Photoshop PSD files on your computer, you can directly restore them by using powerful PSD file recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. This hard drive recovery software supports you to find 200+ lost file types by deleting, formatting, virus attacking, system crashing, or unknown reasons.

Except for data recovery from HDD/SSD, EaseUS data recovery program also allows you to recover deleted files from external hard drive, pen drive, memory cards, video player, music player, etc. Download and install this green software on your Windows 10/8/7 etc. PCs and follow to see how to perform PSD file recovery.

Step 1. Choose the location and start scanning.

Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, hover on the device location from which you want to recover photos, then click "Scan".

Step 2. Select the photos you want to recover.

Wait until the scanning completes, then select the photos you want to recover. To locate the pictures faster, click "Filter" > "Pictures".

Step 3. Recover photos.

Click "Recover" and choose a location on another hard drive to save the recovered photos.