Word Document Recovery Software for Mac

To recover permanently deleted Word documents:

1. Install and launch Disk Drill on your Mac.
2. Select the disk that contained the lost Word documents.
3. Click Recover to begin scanning the disk for deleted docs.
4. Preview the documents the app has found and select those you want to be retrieved.
5. Click Recover to restore the selected Word documents.

Use the following steps to recover an unsaved Word document on Mac.

1. Click on File in the upper left of Word.
2. Click Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents.
3. Check the dialog box for your missing file.
4. Select the file and Open it in Word.
5. Select a file name and click the Save As button.

Navigate to this folder to view AutoRecover files in Word for Mac:

/Users/<username>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery.
This is a hidden folder, so you need to use the Command+Shift+Dot key sequence to see the folder.

Unsaved Word documents are stored in temporary storage and can be recovered using the Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents option.

You can recover a Pages document on a Mac using these methods:

• Restore the document from the Trash;
• Recover from a backup;
• Use File > Revert To from inside Pages recover a previous version;
• Get your file back with data recovery software.

You can use Spotlight to locate Word files with this process:

1. Open Spotlight by clicking the magnifying glass in the upper-right corner of your Mac’s screen.
2. Type your search term in the Spotlight Search box.

Follow these steps to repair a corrupt Word document on your Mac:

1. Launch Word on your Mac.
2. Click File > Open.
3. Choose the drop-down called Enable or Show.
4. Select the Recover Text from Any File option.
5. Locate the corrupted Word file.
6. Follow the prompts to repair the corrupted file.

It is possible to recover an overwritten Word document on your Mac by restoring a previous version of the file. Microsoft Office keeps previous versions of all the files that it creates and allows you to recover them if necessary. This feature offers added protection and enables you to return quickly and easily recover from inadvertently overwriting a Word document.

To recover an overwritten Word document on Mac:

1. Open a Finder window and navigate to the overwritten file.
2. Right-click on the file to open it.
3. Select Files from the Microsoft Word toolbar.
4. Click Info > Versions and choose the version you was to use for the recovery.
5. Click the Restore button at the top of the document.

Version history for Word documents in Microsoft Office only works for files that are stored in OneDrive or SharePoint in Microsoft 365. Use the following steps to look at previous versions of these files.

1. Open the file you wish to view.
2. For Office 2016 or 2019 for Mac, select File > Browse Version History.
   For Microsoft 365 for Mac, select the name of the document on the title bar of the application, then select Browse Version History.
3. Select a version and it will open in a separate window.