How to recover unsaved word document on laptop

You can try to recover an unsaved Word document by:

If you're looking for information about how to recover other recent Office files, see the following articles:

If you can't open the document, or the content in the document is damaged, see How to troubleshoot damaged documents in Word.

To find a lost document:

Searching for AutoRecover files

If you have a Microsoft 365 subscription, check the following folder locations for backup files:

• C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word
• C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles

Note: In these paths, replace <UserName> with your username.

If you don't find the missing file in these locations, open Word, and select File > Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents.

If you still haven’t found the file, try manually searching for AutoRecover files.

To do this, select Start, enter .asd in the Search box, then pre

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