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Question: How Do I Recover Unsaved PowerPoint Presentation?

'When I am working on an important PowerPoint presentation file, but it suddenly closed. I did not save the work which I did. How do I recover a PowerPoint that was not saved?'

There is no doubt that many people often use Windows Office tools like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Notepad in daily work. But more of a sudden there are certain chances that you might accidentally delete your important files after your work is done. Also, some forget to save their PowerPoint files after they are done with them. Panic may be the first action if you encounter such situation. But now you don’t need to worry about that as this article will provide you with 3 comprehensive PowerPoint recovery solutions to help you recover unsaved PowerPoint presentation, the ultimate way to recover PowerPoint files is get Recoverit Data Recovery software to get started.

Solution 1. With 'Recover Unsaved Presentations'

If you forget to save the PowerPoint file you are working on and then it just lost due to some reasons, please keep calm and try the below-given simple steps to get it back quickly.

Step 1. Open the PowerPoint on your PC

Step 2. Click on the File tab in the upper left corner > Choose Open > In the 'Recent' section, click Recover Unsaved Presentations in the bottom right corner.

Step 3. The Saved Drafts folder will open. Find your file and double click on it to open. Then save the file.

Tip: The files in the Unsaved folder are temporary files. It is highly recommended to recover and save the data you need as they might be lost soon.

Solution 2. Using the AutoRecover function

Besides, there is another way can help recover unsaved PowerPoint files – AntoRecover function. First, you need to check if it has been enabled. Follow the simple steps below.

Option 1:

Step 1.Open a PowerPoint presentation > choose the File tab > Select Options > Go to Save

Step 2. Make sure that you have check the box saying 'Save auto-recover info every x minutes', and the box saying 'Keep the last Auto recovered version if I close without saving'

Option 2:

If you have AutoRecover enabled beforehand, you can go to find your unsaved PowerPoint file by following the 2 simple steps.

Step 1. Copy the file destination path from 'AutoRecover file location'.

Step 2. Open Windows Explorer, paste the path on the address bar, and hit 'Enter' to search the lost unsaved PowerPoint file.

Tip: It is advised to save the document while you are working on it. There is a shortcut key to save the file while working, which is Ctrl + S, which automatically saves your document.

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Solution 3. Recover Deleted PowerPoint Files with Recoverit Data Recovery

If the above mentioned solutions can't help you out the PowerPoint lost problems, you can check the following steps to recover unsaved/deleted PowerPoint file with Recoverit Data Recovery for Windows. It can easily undelete your lost or delete PowerPoint presentations with 3 steps, also it can recover Word document and other lost files. Download and install Recoverit on your computer and retrieve your PowerPoint back.

Step 1. Select a location where stored PowerPoint

Launch Recoverit Data Recovery on your PC, select a disk where the PowerPoint files stored before and next.

Step 2. Scanning lost PowerPoint from disk

And then the software will start scanning the disk to searching your lost or delete PowerPoint files, it will take for a while to complete the scan.

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Step 3. Preview and recover PowerPoint files

After scanning, all recovered data files will display on the result. You can preview some files like photo, video, music, office files, select your PowerPoint and click 'Recover' button to get it back.

Follow these 3 steps to rescue your lost PowerPoint files, also you can check the follow video tutorial on how to use Recoverit Data Recovery software to restore your PowerPoint presentations.

Video Tutorial on How to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint

Hope that 3 ways can help you recover accidentally closed PowerPoint without saving, otherwaise, if you working on Mac, you should download Recoverit Data Recovery for Mac and follow the same steps to restore lost PowerPoint files.

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