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.

File versioning in applications If you need to get back to an earlier version of a file, start by checking the application you’re editing it in.

For versions of Excel 2010 or earlier, open Excel, select "File," click on the "Info" tab and click "Managed Versions." Then select "Recover Unsaved Documents." Look for the worksheet's file name ...

See There are no Previous Versions available message? Enable Previous Versions to recover files on Windows via File History or Task Scheduler.

If you want to restore a Previous Version of a File or Folder in Windows 11/10, then this post will help you using built-in backups.