Can’t Find Exported Videos in Premiere Pro? Fixed

I can’t find exported Premiere files

“Hello, so I’m exporting a video on media encoder, as usual. Everything goes well, and the export ends. But the video is nowhere to be found. I changed the output file and exported it again. Still the same PBM. Researched the whole PC, but nothing. Please help!!”

As one of the best editing software, Adobe Premiere Pro has lots of powerful features and utilities. However, to some degree, these features are difficult for beginners. A lot of users may go wrong during the export process like the one above. Where do Premiere Pro exported videos go? How to find saved Premiere project or exported videos?

How to find saved Premiere projects or exported videos?

To find saved Premiere projects or exported videos, you can search your directory in File Explorer. For first-time users, you can search for the Output name directly. The title of the Premiere project can be found in Premiere Pro. Alternatively, after exporting your project, you can navigate to the folder “Documents > Adobe > Premiere Pro > Version Number (22.0)” to find exported videos.

If you don't change the output name in Premiere Pro, it will be exported to the last destination you used when exporting. If you don’t remember what the output name is, you can go to File > Export > Media to search for Sequence 01 or Output Name. These are the default name for your sequence or output by Premiere Pro.

Searching for the Premiere Pro file extension (.prproj) is another way to find your exported Premiere videos.

Premiere Pro crashed how to recover?

If Premiere Pro gets crashed how to recover unsaved Premiere files? Have you enabled AutoSave feature in Premiere Pro? If you have, you can easily restore unsaved Premiere projects.

The AutoSave folder will be created by Adobe Premiere Pro. Which will contain all of your files. Auto Saves Files are the files that are automatically saved every 10 minutes. If your Premiere Pro project crashes, these files can sometimes come in handy. Adobe Premiere is brilliant for including this feature in the program.

Where to Find Premiere Pro AutoSave Files

Adobe Premiere Pro AutoSaves in the same folder where you saved your project, so it could be anywhere on your computer because you can save projects anywhere.

This folder is usually located alongside the Audio Previews and Video Previews folders, next to your project file. When you open the Auto-Save folder, you should find 20 or more saved projects. They should be arranged chronologically and by time.

How to enable AutoSave feature in Premiere? To set up the AutoSave option in Premiere Pro, first, start the application and from the top of it pick "Premiere Pro > Preferences > AutoSave". Now check the "Automatically save projects", enter your desired time interval and maximum auto save project limit, and hit "OK".

How to recover deleted Premiere Pro files?

What to do if you accidentally deleted Premiere Pro files? If you accidentally deleted Premiere Pro files, you can go to Recycle Bin first. When you can’t find files in Recycle Bin, it means the files are permanently deleted.

It’s easy to get the deleted Premiere videos back by available backup files. If you have enabled File History or Windows Backup and Restore, you can even restore the previous versions of Premiere Pro files.

To recover deleted Premiere Pro files without backup, you will need the professional data recovery software-MyRecover.

MyRecover focuses on Windows data recovery. It helps users to restore deleted or lost files from local storage devices, HDD, SSD, SD cards, USB drives, etc. Currently, it supports Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Windows Server. Besides, MyRecover can restore more than 200 types of files, such as Microsoft Office document recovery, photo recovery, zip files recovery, etc.

Download this file recovery tool to start easy data recovery.

Step 1. Hover the mouse over the partition where you saved the deleted Premiere Pro files and click Scan.

Step 2. The software will scan the partition quickly to find all of the lost files in it. You can restore the files directly if you find them during scanning.

Step 3. You can search the file name & file extension or filter the scanning result to quickly locate deleted Premiere Pro files.

Conclusion

If you can’t find exported videos in Premiere Pro, you can quickly locate the exported files by searching for the Output name directly. It’s recommended to enable the Premiere Pro AutoSave feature. It can help you recover unsaved Premiere projects easily after a crash. This feature is also suitable for all Adobe products. You can recover Photoshop files after a crash.

For deleted Premiere Pro projects recovery, MyRecover is a good way to restore permanently deleted files without backups. You can trust it for kinds of data loss scenarios.

However, even the best data recovery software can’t guarantee a 100% success rate for data recovery. You’d better enable the AutoSave feature in Adobe products and make regular backups via File History or Windows Backup and Restore. This backup utilizes could be a little difficult for beginners. AOMEI Backupper is easy for everyone to back up operating systems, entire disk, or individual files to local or external hard drives.