How to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint? (3 Solutions)

PowerPoint is an amazing Office tool that many people use on daily basis. However, just like any other Office program, there is a risk of accidental file deletion with PowerPoint as well. Whether you have forgotten to save your PowerPoint file or accidentally deleted it, there are always some ways to help you recover it.

3 Ways to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint

1Using Recover Unsaved Presentations

Whether you have forgotten to save your PowerPoint file, it got accidentally deleted, or you simply lost it due to some other reason, there are chances of successfully recovering it via PowerPoint's Recover Unsaved Presentation feature.

Step 1. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint on your Windows PC.

Step 2. Navigate to File > Open > Recent. Once the Recent section is opened, find and click on the Recover Unsaved Presentation option. It will be shown in the bottom-right corner.

Step 3. After the above step, you will see the Saved Drafts folder. It will contain unsaved presentations. Browse and find the PowerPoint file you are looking for, open it, and then manually save the file.

2Use AutoRecover

Apart from the Recover Unsaved Presentations feature, there is another feature of Microsoft Office that enable you to recover your unsaved/lost PowerPoint file. This feature is known as AutoRecover and it is enabled by default in all Office programs.

Follow these instructions to recover your PowerPoint file if AutoRecover feature is already enabled:

Step 1. First, copy the path from the file location of AutoRecover. It's usually in the Documents folder.

Step 2. Paste the path on the address bar of Windows Explorer and press Enter.

Step 3. Now search the lost unsaved PowerPoint file, open it, and manually save it.

You  should make sure that the feature has already enabled before using this method.

Step 1. Launch Microsoft PowerPoint and open a PowerPoint presentation.

Step 2. Navigate to File > Select Options and then click on Save option.

Step 3. Now check the box labeled as "Save auto-recover info every x minutes". Also check the box labeled as "Keep the last Auto recovered version if I close without saving". AutoRecover feature will now be enabled and you will be able to recover your unsaved PowerPoint files.

3Use AnyRecover to Recover Unsaved PowerPoint

If the above-mentioned methods don't work, the final and ultimate method will be using a professional data recovery tool to recover your lost PowerPoint file. iMyFone AnyRecover is the best choice in this regard. It is so powerful that makes data recovery for PowerPoint presentations as easy as 1-2-3.

It supports all versions of PowerPoint, including PowerPoint 2019/2016/2013/2011/2010/2007, etc.

Unsaved PowerPoint Recovery

Step 1. Install iMyFone AnyRecover. After that, select one of its modes (Deleted Files Recovery) on the home interface.

Step 2.Then navigate to the folder where your PowerPoint presentation was stored before it got lost/deleted.

Step 3. Click on Document on the next interface as you want to recover PowerPoint presentation. Then click the Scan button. The scanning process will begin.

Step 4. Once the scan is completed, your lost or unsaved PowerPoint files will be displayed. Start recovering them by clicking on the "Recover" button.

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