How to Restore Previous Version of Excel File without Effort

We have seen some requests on the forum same as in the case above: users want to restore previous version of Excel file. The difference is that some users have saved their Excel files and some have not. If you have the same question, whether you have saved your Excel file or not, the following will help you to solve the problem easily.

Restore previous version of Excel file not saved

This part is suitable for users who have not saved their Excel file manually and want to restore a previous version of Excel file. If you have not saved your file, you can try the two methods below to recover Excel file.

Way 1. Restore Excel file from AutoSave

There is an AutoSave feature in Excel and if it is turned on, your Excel file will be saved automatically and you can recover previous version of Excel file following steps as follow:

1. On the taskbar, click the File option.

2. On the Info page, you can see and recover versions of Excel file that are saved automatically.

Way 2. Restore Excel file from online version history

If you have not saved your Excel file but Excel helped you to save it online, you can consider trying this approach:

1. Click the title > choose Version History.

2. In the Version History list, click Open version for the file you want to restore.

3. Then press the Restore button to restore previous version of Excel file online.

Restore previous version of Excel file after saving

The contents below are for users who have saved their Excel file. If you deleted it by mistake, there is also a solution to recover lost Excel files easily. Please read on to get them.

Way 1. Restore previous version from backups

If you enable File History on your PC, Windows will save old versions of your files automatically. So you can refer to this method below:

1. Go to File Explorer and find your Excel file to right-click on it. Choose the Properties option on the pop-up menu.

2. Click on the Previous Versions tab. Then you can see the previous version of your Excel file and you can get them back by pressing Restore.

Way 2. Restore deleted previous version via a data recovery tool

If you saved the Excel file but have deleted its previous versions, don’t worry, here comes an efficient tool - MyRecover. Regarded as a high-praised data recovery tool, it can help you to recover previous version of Excel file from deletion, formatting, and many other situations easily.

Compared with other data recovery solutions, MyRecover is easier to use and you can recover deleted files on Windows with just a few clicks. And it supports most Windows operating systems including Windows 11/10/8/7 and Windows Server.

Let’s see an overview of its highlights:

● Support more than 200 types of data like Word, Excel, PDF, photos, audios, videos, webpages, etc.
● Restore lost files from SSD/HDD/USB easily.
● Support most main file systems: NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, and ReFS in Windows.
● Provide combined scan methods: Quick Scan and Deep Scan.

How to restore previous versions of Excel? Now, please press the Download Software button to get the tool on your PC. Then follow the easy 3-step guideline to recover deleted previous version of Excel file without effort.

1. First, hover the mouse over the partition or disk where your Excel file was lost. And click Scan to let it be scanned.

2. Then you can see your deleted Excel files and other missing files after Quick Scan/Deep Scan in MyRecover automatically. You can use the Search or Filter feature to find your files faster.

3. After checking the scanning result. Choose a new location for your recovered previous version of Excel file. After that, click on the Recover X files button to begin the recovery task for previous version of Excel file.

Written in the end

That’s all about how to restore previous version of Excel file. You can get a suitable approach whether you have saved the Excel file or not. Even if you deleted the Excel file by mistake, you can recover lost data on Excel using an easy data recovery tool called MyRecover as well.