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 ...

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

Fix Excel Sharing Violation error - Your changes could not be saved because of sharing violation or were saved to a temporary document.

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 ...

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.

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.