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Excel 2013 offers a document recovery feature that can help you in the event of a computer crash because of a power failure or some sort of operating system freeze or shutdown. The AutoRecover feature saves your workbooks at regular intervals. In the event of a computer crash, Excel displays a Document Recovery Task pane. In Excel 2013 and 2010, you can recover overwritten files and not only unsaved workbooks. Open the 'File' page and on the left panel, click 'Info.' Besides the 'Manage Versions' tab, you can view all the versions that have been 'autosaved' from your document. You can select the one to recover. I know everything is there, but can't figure out how to keep the info/graphs/charts visible for more than a second. I tried running this on Excel 2007, but with the issue above decided to upgrade to 2013. Nicer looking version of Excel but same problem. I am running Windows 7 Home Version, 32-bit. Microsoft Excel 2013 lies within Office Tools, more precisely Document management. The following versions: 15.0 and 1.0 are the most frequently downloaded ones by the program users. This program is a product of Microsoft. Our antivirus scan shows that this download is malware free.
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Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Fix 1. Restore from Previous Version | To recover saved over Excel file, right-click on the saved Excel > 'Properties' > 'Previous Versions'..Full steps |
Fix 2. Recover previous saved Excel | To recover overwritten Excel file, open Excel > 'File' > 'Info' > 'Manage Documents' > 'When I closed'..Full steps |
Fix 3. Recover from AutoRecover | Recover unsaved Excel file, open Excel > 'File' > 'Info' > 'Manage Workbook' > 'Recover Unsaved..'..Full steps |
Fix 4. Recover from .TMP File | Restore Excel previous version, Find Excel temp file with .TMP extension > Copy and change extension..Full steps |
Q: How to recover a previous version of an Excel spreadsheet after saving it?
'Is it possible to recover a saved-over Excel to a previous version? I got a very important two-sheet Excel file, but it was saved by mistake, and there was only one spreadsheet left with much useful data loss. I don't know how it happened without me knowing it. I need the lost data back. So, I'm hoping someone will be able to help and tell me if I can recover a previous version of this spreadsheet before the deletion occurred? If so, how do I do this?'
Recovering an Excel file that was saved over is a long-standing hot issue for many users. How you can restore earlier Excel depends on whether you've saved it or not. If the Excel file is still open, you can directly use Ctrl + Z or the Undo option to revert the Excel file to an earlier state.
However, if the edited Excel is saved and closed, recovery is not so easy. In the following content, we will discuss how to recover previous version of Excel file 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007 in two cases. One is restoring older Excel version if you've saved the file, the other is recovering the previous version of Excel if you haven't saved it. Besides, in the end, we highly recommend you try EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover lost saved Excel file without effort.
How to Recover Previous Version of Excel File After Saving
Two ways are available to help you restore previous version of Excel file by using Windows backup feature and Excel's Manage Wordbook feature.
1. Recover Earlier Version of Excel File from Previous Versions
Windows can automatically save old versions of your data files when you have enabled the File History and system backup and restore.
Step 1. Open File Explorer and locate the Excel/Word file.
Step 2. Right-click on the Excel file and select 'Properties'.
Step 3. Click the 'Previous Versions' tab and select the version you would like to get back and then hit 'Restore'.
2. Restore Excel File to Previous Version with Excel's Built-in Tool
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Step 1. Open the file you are working on;
Step 2. Sc2 brood war. Go to 'File' and click 'Info'. Under 'Manage Documents', click the file labeled 'When I closed without saving'.
Step 3. Click 'Restore' in the bar at the top of the file to overwrite any previously saved versions.
How to Restore Previous Version of Excel File Not Saved
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If you haven't saved the file, try below two approaches to get an Excel file earlier version back.
1. Recover Unsaved Excel File from AutoRecover
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If the AutoRecover option is turned on, Windows can automatically save versions of your file while you're working on it. You can recover previous version of Excel that is not saved by following steps below.
Step 1. Click 'File' > 'Info' > 'Manage Workbook' > 'Recover Unsaved Workbooks' .
Step 2. Select the file and click 'Open'.
Step 3. In the bar at the top of the file, click 'Save As' to save the file.
2. Recover Old Version of Excel File from .TMP file
Microsoft Office has this feature that it would automatically save temp files for the file that you are editing. So you can try to find the .TMP file to get an earlier version of Excel or Word file back:
Step 1. Follow the temp file folder location on your PC and find the Excel/Word temp files with .TMP extension.
- For Windows 7 users: C:UsersUserNameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftExcel
- For Windows 8/10 users: C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalMicrosoftOfficeUnsavedFiles
Step 2. Locate and find the temporary excel or word files begin with '$' or '~' and end with “.TMP”, select the right version of Excel/Word temp file by date, then copy and save to another safe spot by changing the extension from .TMP to .XLS/.XLSX or .DOC/.DOCX.
Conclusion: If your Excel file got overwritten accidentally with data loss, you could use the four methods in total to recover previous version of the Excel file. In addition to Excel getting saved over, users also have trouble with Excel loss caused by mistaken deletion, storage device formatting, OS crash, virus attack, recycle bin emptying, and so on. Under these circumstances, the above approaches are not useful any longer. Then, how to recover deleted Excel document? Calm down and use the data recovery software demonstrated below to get back lost Excel easily.
How to Retrieve Deleted/Lost Excel File with Data Recovery Software
If you've already deleted the earlier version of Excel file, or if the saved Excel gets lost due to careless deletion, hard drive formatting, and other reasons, you can use EaseUS Data Recovery to help you restore the deleted Excel from your PC or other storage devices within three steps. It even enables you to recover files from emptied recycle bin.
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Now, install this program and follow to see how to get your lost Excel/Word file back effortlessly.
Step 1. Launch EaseUS Office file recovery software on your computer. Choose the exact location where you lost the Office files and click the Scan button.
Step 2. The software will immediately start scanning the drive and very soon the deleted files will show up. When the process is over, you can filter the Office files by clicking 'Filter' > 'Documents'.
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Step 3. Select the Office files (e.g. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and click the Recover button. You can browse for a different location to save the recovered files.