How to Recover Unsaved & Deleted WPS Documents in Windows 10?

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WPS Office is a multi-functional office suite software, which provides WPS Writer, WPS Presentation, and WPS Spreadsheet. WPS is one of the alternatives for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Yet, just like users using Word, WPS users also encounter problems like WPS file loss.

As the case shows, a computer crash is one of the WPS file loss scenarios. Besides, there are more possible reasons.

To recover WPS files, take it easy, restart your WPS Office, and then follow the instructions below.

How to recover WPS files that are unsaved, corrupted, or deleted

Let’s look at how to recover WPS files when they’re unsaved, corrupted, or deleted. 

Part 1. Recover unsaved WPS files

Like Microsoft Office which allows you to recover automatically saved files if users have closed a Word document without saving, WPS Office backs up your files to local at a time as well in case of emergencies like a power outage.

Let’s see how does WPS recover unsaved files. 

Step 1. Go to Menu > Backup and Recovery > Auto Backup.

Step 2. Click Local Backup, then you’ll see all the automatically saved files. For example, if you would like to know how to recover unsaved excel file in WPS, just click XLS to see all the excel files. You can open any version of the unsaved files by double-clicking it.

Step 3. Click Setup; you can also change the backup type. With a backup feature, you can safely recover your wanted data. No wonder creating file backups is a good idea.

That’s where the auto-saved files of WPS. Like Word users would ask “Where does Word save AutoRecover files”, WPS users are now aware and can restore their unsaved WPS docs.

Part 2. Recover corrupted WPS files

If your files are garbled or cannot be opened for any reason, WPS Office can also help you fix your corrupted files. Let's see how to recover corrupted WPS files.

Step 1. Go to Menu > Backup and Recovery > Files Repair.

Step 2. Select your damaged file and then follow the guide to repair it.

Then you could see if you can open WPS files as usual.

Part 3. Recover deleted WPS files without backups

As mentioned above, file deletion is also one of the annoying issues. In general, users who have made backups in advance would just restore from the backup files.

However, for those who are not equipped with any backups, how to recover WPS files after permanent deletion?

In this case, you could consider using professional data recovery software to help you maximize the data recovery effect.

 MyRecover would be your second-to-none choice. It is developed by a sophisticated team from the leading benchmark in the data security industry. With amazing features, all users can easily get their documents back.

Apply to all-inclusive file loss situations: deletion, formatting, system crashes, viruses, etc. 

Restore the most frequently used documents and spreadsheets: docs, xlsx, csv, pptx, as well as media files & compressed files. 

Support sorting/searching/filtering/previewing files while scanning. 

Compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7/Server.

Now learn how to recover deleted files in WPS Office without backups in Windows 11/10.

Step 1. Download, install and launch MyRecover on your computer.  

Step 2. Select the drive that you used to store your deleted WPS files. Click Start Scan.

Step 2. Then the scanning process will start automatically. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the files you want to recover. You can type the filename of your files in the search box or use the Filter feature to find your files quickly. 

Step 3. Choose the files that you want to recover. Click Recover xx files and choose a destination path to save the restored files.

Note: To prevent potential disk write operations in the event that your data is lost, please close all programs that can be closed. While running, some programs may create a large number of temporary files, which may replace files that need to be recovered. Please be aware that overwriting will harm your lost files once more.

Closing words

This post explains how to recover WPS files after they are deleted, corrupted, or unsaved. Even though we give you practical solutions for dealing with various types of file loss, you are still urged to use a reputable data backup tool, such as AOMEI Backupper, to back up your important files and guard against data loss.