How to Recover Excel File That Was Saved Over

Hello everyone, I am Stella, yesterday while working on Excel I accidentally saved over a worksheet with another file. Is there any way to recover the original file? I have searched the backups as well, but found nothing there. In my system the files are not automatically backed up. I don’t know how to recover the data it is really very important to me. Is there any way to recover data? Please help 

Well, this is very irritating situation as this is the very difficult or not challenging to recover original file.

This is a common situation that can be faced by anyone. Saving Excel file will help you to overcome the data loss situation but sometimes this can become a big problem. You pause saving the Excel file only when you realize that you have saved the wrong Excel file. Or perhaps you made the changes that you need to keep along with the original file also.

Unluckily this is very miserable situation as this is bit more challenging. However, this is very difficult also to recover the original file format. Well there are few things that might work in your case to recover the saved over Excel file.

Well, you can try to make use of the automatic repair utility to restore the saved over Excel file.

Automatic Solution: MS Excel Repair Tool

It is recommended to make use of the automatic MS Excel Repair Tool; this is the best repair utility to recover the lost, deleted and corrupted Excel file data. With the help of this you can repair all sort of Excel file issues, errors, corruption, damages and recover the entire item stored in it without any issue. It is easy to use and compatible with both Windows as well Mac operating system.

Well, this is all about the automatic repair utility but if you want to recover the saved over Excel file manually then make use of the manual solution to recover it easily.

Manual Solution to Recover Saved Over Excel File:

Very firstly if the Excel file is still open ten hit the Undo option in the Edit menu, till it reverts to the version that you want. But remember be careful while doing this and check carefully each file while pressing the undo button.

Apart from that if this won’t work in your case and you are not having any backup or another copy. Then check if the file is available in the AutoRecover Option. 

Steps to Use MS Excel Repair Tool:

Step 1: Download and install MS Excel Repair Tool

Step 2: And, press“Select file” > select the corrupted .xls or .xlsx file.

Step 3:  Press Scan to scan the corrupted files after you have selected your files.

 Step 4: And after finishing scanning process, preview your corrupt files.

Step 5: Lastly, select the preferred location to save the repaired workbook on your system    

  Conclusion: 

Hope this article clearly describe the ways to recover the saved over Excel file data. Make use of the given solution.

You can try the manual as well as automatic solution given as per your desire.

Also Read: 3 Methods to Recover Excel File That Was Saved Over