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title: Recover an Unsaved Document in Office 2010
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# [Recover an Unsaved Document in Office 2010](https://www.knowledgewave.com/blog/msoffice/recover-an-unsaved-document-in-office-2010.html)

 Written by [Dan St. Hilaire](https://www.knowledgewave.com/blog/author/dan-st-hilaire) | January 25, 2012

Whether it’s a power outage or user error, we’ve all closed out of a document without saving it only to find out later we need it back. In Office 2010 you can!

If the document was never saved, go to the **File **tab, click **Recent **and then at the bottom right of the window click **Recover Unsaved Documents**. In the dialog box that pops ups, select the document you want to restore by looking at the date modified. This will open a draft, which should be saved immediately.

If the document was saved at one point but only some changes were lost, go to **File **and then **Recent **and look for the **When I closed without saving** tag below your file names.

**PLEASE NOTE**: AutoRecover is set to every 10 minutes but can be changed by going to File, Options and then Save.

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