How to Recover Crashed Excel Files or Restore Its Previous Version

I was completing a crucial worksheet, and I had twice saved it. The file is nowhere to be found after Excel crashed. I've tried everything I can think of, including the recycle bin, Excel's auto-recover feature, system-wide searches, and more. It has just vanished. Any recommendations? Possibly renaming it in some way. Is it possible to restore my computer to its previous state before the crash? Will it return the document? Thanks.

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Dany· Answered on Mar 10, 2023

On this page, we will offer complete solutions to help you bring your lost Excel files back now.

The first solution is to use the Excel file recovery software. It might be upsetting to lose an Excel file that hasn't been saved, especially if you've worked on it for a while. There is still hope, though; data recovery software might be able to help you retrieve your XLSX/XLS files. Here we recommend EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, which can scan your hard drive for crashed Office Excel files and restore the excel files from the previous version.

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The reputable file recovery program enables you to successfully undeleted Excel files on Windows 11,10, 8, or 7 in just three easy steps.

  • Choose the Windows drive or a specific folder on your Desktop or somewhere else where you lost the excel files, and click the "Scan" button.
  • To quickly find the Excel files from the scan results, you can click the "Documents" option in the left panel. Choose "Excel", and click "Preview" to check if the Excel files are the wanted ones.
  • Finally, select the desired Excel files and click the "Recover" button. Then, select a folder to save the Excel files to another location.

You can also recover deleted Excel files from temp files. If the Recycle Bin has been empty, you can also attempt looking for deleted Excel files in Windows PC's.temp files:

  • Locate the Excel temporary files with the.TMP extension on your computer by going to the location of the temporary file folder specified below:

For Windows 8/10 users: C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles\
For Windows 7 users: C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\

  • Find the temporary Excel files that start with "$" or "~" and end with ".TMP".
  • Copy these files and save them in a different secure location by changing the ".TMP" extension to ".XLS" or ".XLSX."

Use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover deleted or lost files easily and quickly.

Tutorials on how to recover lost, deleted, or formatted data from HDD, SSD, USB, SD card, or other storage media on Windows and Mac.

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