How you recover something depends on when you saved it. Open the file you were working on. Select File > Info. Under Manage Documents, select the file labeled (when I closed without saving). In the bar at the top of the file, select Restore to overwrite any previously saved versions.

Use this app to try to recover lost files that have been deleted from your local storage device (including internal drives, external drives, and USB devices) and can’t be restored from the Recycle Bin.

When Office app closes unexpectedly before you save your most recent changes, Document Recovery automatically opens the next time you open the Office app to help you get your file back. Tip: If you are a Microsoft 365 subscriber the safest way to work is to store your files on OneDrive or SharePoint and use AutoSave.

Learn how to configure File History and how to recover files and folders that have been deleted or accidentally changed.

Watch this video or follow the steps in this section to recover items from the Recoverable Items folder. Make sure you are online and connected to the mail server. In classic Outlook, go to your email folder list, and then select Deleted Items.

Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Service Pack 3 for the 2007 Microsoft Office Suite installed on the computer. This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically.

Go to the OneDrive website, and sign in with either your Microsoft account or your work or school account. In the navigation pane, select Recycle bin. Select the files or folders you want to restore by pointing to each item and clicking the circle check box that appears, and then click Restore.

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files. When critical Windows system files are missing or corrupted, some Windows features may stop working correctly or Windows may stop responding altogether.

Check whether the item is in the first-level or second-stage recycle bin for the affected site collection. For more information, see Restore deleted items from the site collection recycle bin.

On April 9, 2019, Microsoft identified a code issue that allowed locally stored OneNote notebooks to be imported and edited in OneNote for Windows 10 without connecting the notebook to the cloud. In this unsupported state, a user's changes to the notebook are stored only in the OneNote cache.