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Michelle50
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I have an Excel file that I worked on for hours and it's just gone.

I have an Excel file that I worked on for hours and it's just gone,  no where to be found. I have tried everything that has been suggested. It's not in the deleted files or recycle bin. I went to Eve...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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2 years ago

So if you downloaded it where did you download the file to? go back there and check for it - it should still be there

 

File -> Open on Excel may also work

Michelle50's avatar
Michelle50
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I downloaded it to Excel but it's not even in my recent files there either. So bizarre.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    2 years ago
    Michelle50 wrote:

    I downloaded it to Excel but it's not even in my recent files there either.

    You don't download to an application. You download a file to a location on your computer, and then open the file in an application. Even if you just say Open during the download, the file is still saved somewhere on your local drive first. Check your usual downloads location, as well as whatever your Temp folder is.

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      Michelle50
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      I did find that but it's just the csv without all the changes I made.

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
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        2 years ago
        Michelle50 wrote:

        I did find that but it's just the csv without all the changes I made.

        Then most likely those changes weren't saved. If they had been, there would be an XLSX file saved somewhere on your local drive. If you search your entire drive for that filename and you don't find it, then the file wasn't saved. Also, try this.

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