7 Methods to Recover Deleted Word Document Files (2024 new)

Timestamp
0:00 Intro
0:56 Method 1: Search for the Original Document
1:23 Method 2: Find and Restore the Word Auto-Backup File
2:12 Method 3: Recover from Temporary Files
2:56 Method 4: Recover from "~" Files
3:26 Method 5: Search for Auto Recover Files
4:02 Method 6: Restore from Recycle Bin
4:44 Recover Word Document with Recoverit

You can sometimes lose an important doc file and don’t know how to recover unsaved Word document. Following are some of the methods to do Word file recovery:

1. Search for the Original Document
○ Go to the search bar and type the document title
○ Your computer will find it for you

2. Find and Restore the Word Auto-Backup File
○ Go to the search bar in a folder
○ Type “.wbk”
○ The computer will recover unsaved Word document

3. Recover from Temporary Files
○ From the start, go to the “Search” box.
○ Type “.tmp” in the search box.
○ Word file recovery will start.
○ Save the desired file.

4. Recover from "~" Files
○ Navigate to the “Search” bar
○ Type "~" in the search box
○ Locate the desired Word file
○ Save it

5. Search for Auto Recover Files
○ Go to the search bar from the Start menu
○ Type “.asd” in the search box
○ Save the file

6. Restore from Recycle Bin
○ Open Recycle Bin from the desktop
○ Locate the relevant Word file
○ Right-click on it and click “Restore.”

These Word file recovery methods don’t always work. But Recoverit by Wondershare works 10 out of 10 times. Here’s how to recover unsaved Word documents using Recoverit:

● Download and install Recoverit from the Wondershare website
● Open it and scan the desired drive
● Locate and preview the file
● Click the “Recover” button to recover it

Word document getting mistakenly deleted is common, but these Word file recovery methods will help you recover unsaved Word documents.

[andreahill]

Thank you so much! The first method helped me!

[tlpalm]

The first tip helped me! I've watched your other video and so many others who showed various ways but did not work for me. I'm glad I didn't give up. This was something I couldn't find in other ways that were shown which was strange because it did say it was on autosave. And now the easiest of steps found my document! What in the world!? So thanks to you, I don't need to re-write! 🙏