Windows 10: Opening previous version of saved over Excel file not on OneDrive or SharePoint

Hi! Is there a way to open a previous version of an Excel file that has since been saved over? The 'Previous versions' tab is blank when I right click. However, I see the version I need when I open a blank Excel file and choose File; it appears in the Recent list. Thanks!

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excel not auto recovering and manually saving

Hi,

The concern you have encountered with Excel not auto saving may be due to a corrupted file or a misconfigured setting.

May we ask if you have 3rd party software running when using Excel? If yes, we suggest to temporarily disable it to isolate the issue.

Any changes made on your computer prior to the issue?

Have you tried any possible troubleshooting steps? If yes, what are those steps and did you get any error messages?

You can turn-on the auto save option by the following steps:

• Open Excel
  
• Go to File then Options
  
• Under Save option, check the 'Save AutoRecovery information in every' option
  

the best way to check when auto save is disabled is to hover over the toggle and read the reason that the popup tool tip identifies. Simply follow the steps provided in this

article.

According to this
article the autosave function will be disabled when the file is in the old file format .xls.

Kindly keep us posted with the results.

Regards.

 

Saving an attachment via file explorer to SharePoint

Hi Anthony,

There are several reasons why you are encountering this situation when saving an
Excel or a Word file to your SharePoint
folder. To better assist you, we need the answer to the following questions:

• Which Windows version are you using?
• Is your computer on a domain?

We are looking forward to your response.

 

SharePoint File Versions Not Available in Windows Explorer

Hi MJohns55,



The “Restore Previous Versions” is the feature for Windows File Explorer while the “version history” feature is for SharePoint or OneDrive Online.

Thanks for your suggestions. To address your requirement, we would suggest you vote this UserVoice:

Renamed file/extension Restore from Previous version or post a new one to describe more clearly about your requirement. The high votes will make the product team pay more attention to this. This is also the best platform
for us to hear from you and to make our products and services better for you and others.



Thanks,

Rena