How to Effectively Recover an Unsaved Office File These steps are almost identical in other Microsoft 365 applications such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Click "Recover Unsaved Documents." The AutoRecover feature is available in various Microsoft Office applications and stores unsaved documents in its default folder on your system.

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It's a great alternative if you fail to retrieve the unsaved Word file via Word's in-built the Document Recovery or Recover Unsaved Documents methods.