Whenever the recovery of unsaved Excel data or files is involved, you can use Excel’s three built-in options. Step 1 Click File tab and click Open menu from the let pane. Click on the Show Recovered Files option.
Below are the steps to recover an unsaved Excel file: Open a new Excel workbook. You will see the list of your unsaved files.
If you close an unsaved workbook, you can get it back using Excel's Recover Unsaved Workbooks function. Application failure – The program can sometimes hang, making it necessary to perform a force quit which may result in an unsaved Excel file.
