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Losing a carefully prepared PowerPoint because you forgot to save it? That's enough to break anyone's heart. A PPT file can be lost due to various conditions; therefore, solutions should vary according to these conditions. This article provides three ways to recover PPT from different conditions, and I am sure you will find the solution for yourself.

Part 1. Can You Recover PPT?

Let's see the three main causes of PPT unsaved and how to recover PPT files that are not unsaved.

Part 2. Recover PPT from Accidental Deletion/Drive Corruption

How to recover PPT from accidental deletion? You may have already tried to recover it from the recycle bin but failed to retrieve it. Therefore, this part will introduce you to a professional recovery tool: Apeaksoft Data Recovery. No matter where you lost the PPT file: a Windows/Mac computer, an external drive, a USB flash drive, etc., you can retrieve the unsaved PPT file easily, especially when you lost the PPT file not for long time, which will make the successful rate higher and the recover period shorter, even shorter than 1 minute.

Let's see how to recover an unsaved PPT.

Step 1. Download the program to your computer. When you launch the program, choose the path or disk where your PPT file was lost, and click Start Scan.

Step 2. The program will start to scan your data automatically. When it finishes, navigate to the PPT that was unsaved using the filter features.

Step 3. Select all the files you want to recover. Then, click the Recover button in the bottom-right corner.

Step 4. You will be asked to select a path to save the recovered PPT file. Just note that don't save the file to the disk where it was lost to avoid overwriting.

Part 3. Recover PPT You Forgot to Save

This is the stickiest situation if you click the "Don't Save" button accidentally. It might feel like a tough nut to crack, but it's not impossible. Let's see how to enable AutoSave and recover PPT files online.

Step 1. Open PowerPoint and go to Files, click Open.

Step 2. Select your OneDrive cloud account. Choose a sub-folder and select a file to open it.

Step 3. Then, you will see the AutoSave switch. Toggle it on, and every version will be saved to OneDrive.

However, if you didn't enable the autosave feature previously, this method may not work for you. Please check the Windows temp folder, where it will save all Microsoft temp files, including PPT temp files, Excel temp files, and Word temp files.

Part 4. Recover Unsaved PPT After a Crash

When your computer crashed or was forced closed, your unsaved PPT file will be saved to an AutoRecover folder. Please ensure this function is turned on (generally, it is turned on automatically).

Step 1. Open PowerPoint and go to Files, click Options on Windows or Preferences on Mac.

Step 2. Click Save on the left.

Step 3. Find the AutoRecover folder path. Usually. It is:

Windows: C:Users[Username] AppDataRoamingMicrosoftPowerPoint\

Mac: /Users/[Username]/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint/Data/Library/Preferences/

Step 4. You will find your automatically recovered PPT files here.

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