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.

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.

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

Click Open version under any of them to go back to an earlier version, which opens in a new window. Screenshot: Microsoft Excel ...

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 ...

In the Windows editions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, click File, Info, and Version History to see the saved versions of your file: They’ll appear in a list on the right and you can pick any ...

Didn't save your Excel workbook on a Mac? Here are four methods for recovering lost or unsaved Excel files on your Mac.

However, Microsoft didn't leave earlier-version Excel owners high and dry; updates and file converters allow you to open and save later-version files in Excel 2003.