Whether you lost Excel files due to a power outage, lost files without saving them, or want to recover a previously saved version of an Excel file, we have you covered.

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.

To recover the file, open Excel once your computer is working properly. A Document Recovery pane should appear with all unsaved Excel files listed (see the screenshot below). Choose the file that you ...

Make Sure You Didn't Misplace the File If you're unsure whether you permanently deleted a file, look around for it first. Try performing a search in File Explorer. Hopefully, you just misplaced ...

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.

Learn how to recover deleted files in our simple guide. If you've lost important files, try these four options to get them back today.