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.

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

To retrace your steps with other types of files on Google Drive, open up the web interface, right-click on a file, and then choose Manage versions to view a list.

After that, make sure that the Open selected file types in Protected View option is selected. If so, tick all the Open checkboxes that are related to the old version of Excel. For example, you ...