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Microsoft Excel is widely used to store and display the data. But when you delete an Excel file by mistake or an error, how can you recover the deleted Excel file in Windows 10 computer? Is there any way to rescue your hours of work in Excel? Keep calm and you will find three effective methods in this article to recover a deleted excel file in Windows 10.
Where does the deleted Excel file goes? Generally, it will go to the recycle bin. If you do not empty the recycle bin, it is easy to restore the deleted Excel file from it.
Step 1: Double click to open the recycle bin.
Step 2: Then you can find the deleted Excel file and right click it. After that, click the Restore option and the Excel file will be restored to its original location.
If the file is deleted by using the Shift +Del key or the recycle bin is empty, how can you recover the deleted Excel file? For those who have created a backup of the files, you can use the Windows Backup & Restore (Windows 7) function to get back the data.
Step 1: Open the Control Panel and then choose System and Security option.
Step 2: Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7) and click Restore files from backup option.
Step 3: Click the Restore my files button. Then choose Browse for files or Browse for folder option. Click the Next button to go ahead.
Step 4: Besides, it is available for you to choose the location to store the restored files: in the original location or in the following location. Lastly, click the Restore button and all back up files will be restored to the defined location.
When you empty the recycle bin and without creating backups before, the most effective method to recover the deleted Excel file is taking advantage of professional data recovery software. iSunshare BitGenius is one of such data recovery software that can help you to recover the deleted data even if it is wiped from the recycle bin, hard drive, memory card, and USB flash drive and so on.
Steps to recover the deleted Excel file with iSunshare BitGenius
Step 1: Specify a location to scan.
Download and install iSunshare BitGenius on your computer. After that, launch the software and you can choose the drive where the deleted Excel file located or specify a specific folder on computer for Excel recovery. Then click the Scan button to begin the scanning.
Step 2: Search the deleted Excel file from the scanning result.
After the scanning is finished, you can click on the Filter button on the top area and choose Document. Then click on the Apply button and all documents will be displayed on the right side. You can find the deleted Excel file from the filter research.
Step 3: Recover the deleted Excel file.
Tick the deleted Excel file and then click on the Recover button.
Next, you need to set the destination to store the recovered Excel file. Finally, the deleted Excel file will be restored to your location.
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