How to Recover Deleted Documents In Word
In the previous article, we discuss how to recover missing Word Document header information using manual tips, now in this section we understand steps needed when complete Word Document file is deleted and user not able to retrieve it.
Since Accidental file deletion is an annoying problem that affects most of the Word users. It is a common issue that can happen to anyone at any given time. If the deleted files are public files like PDF from a website, it can be downloaded again. But if the deleted file is something personal, like images and Word document, deleted file recovery is the only option left that we need to retrieve it again.
Most of the users do not know how to retrieve deleted document of Word. To help them in this situation, this write-up will describe various techniques to recover the deleted Word document file. Let us go straight to the methods that can help you get back the file.
Effective method to recover Deleted / Unsaved Document in Word?
Step 1: Open MS Word Application and after that select “File Tab”. and select Versions options.
Step 2: Now Open Manage Document choice. It offers two alternatives, for example, “Recover Unsaved Documents” and Delete All Unsaved Documents.
Step 3: Now use choice “Recover Unsaved Documents” to see all unsaved word records because of unintentional cancellation.
Step 4: Since you have to peruse the area of “Unsave File “ first at that point open this document and save within system again.
How to Retrieve Deleted Document of Word?
If you want to restore MS Word files that you have deleted mistakenly or accidentally, you can try any of these manual methods. All these methods are known to be effective.
Use Recycle Bin to Retrieve Word Document
If you had deleted a Word document, chances are that the document file did not get permanently removed from your system. According to the default file deletion settings of every Windows OS run system, all the soft-deleted files are stored in Recycle Bin. Users can restore their files from the Recycle Bin. Here is what you need to do retrieve a deleted document of Word.
Step 1: Locate Recycle Bin on your system desktop and double-click on it to open.
Step 2: In Recycle Bin folder, you will see the deleted document file you want to get back.
Step 3: Select the file/ files and click on the Restore button from the top menu. The files will be retrieved and can be found in their original location.
d. Otherwise, you can Drag and Drop the file in any folder/ location to save it there.
Auto Recover Option to Retrieve Document In Word
MS Word application of MS Office save word automatically after a specific interval of time, set by default (10 minutes) This Auto Recover feature of Microsoft Word is also helpful in recovering deleted Word file. Follow the steps to user Auto Recover Option
Step 1: Open MS Word Application & Open File option.
Step 2: Select Save option to check details location where file saved after auto recovery. By Default time is “10 minutes” you can change according to your need from “1 min” to “120 minutes”.
If you can locate an auto recover version of your deleted file, open that using MS Word and save is a separate location.
What Happen When Retrieved Deleted Word File Not Accessed
After using the mentioned method, you recover deleted word documents details but while opening the file some information of word documents are missing such as header information or layout details or file format details then you can try SysTools Word Recovery Tool to repair corrupt word file . Changes in Word File can occur due to corruption in Word File and retrieve word document again, just follow the 4 steps to retrieve it again.
Note: Since MS Word application stores information in Docx and Doc file format then you can select the software according to your file format.
Step 1: Add Single or Multiple MS Word File in Bulk
Step 2: Retrieve Word Documents Meta-Details
Step 3: Preview Recovered details within the software
Step 4: Save & Open Word Documents in the Healthy File state.
Recover Document Files From Backups: Backup is an important measure against data loss that can come handy when you have accidentally deleted a file and need to recover it. If you have a backup copy of this file in a USB pen drive or external hard drive, you have to access that and copy it to the system. If you have the backup copy in some cloud storage, you can retrieve from there too. If you have synced your system with any online services like OneDrive, Dropbox, etc., you can log in and check out the last edited version available. Then you can save that file in your local system.
Conclusion
While working on Word file, accidental deletion of document and unsaved file is common and to retrieve back word document file use described manual methods such as, use of auto recovery option and even recycle bin also help users retrieve deleted documents of Word.