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10 April 2024  Amanda J. Brook  Senior Product Manager
 

Summary
Discover effective strategies for retrieving deleted or unsaved PowerPoint presentations and prevent a missing file from derailing your daily tasks.



Table of contents

table iconI. What is PowerPoint?
table iconII. How to recover deleted or unsaved PPT files?
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I. What is PowerPoint?

PowerPoint is Microsoft‘s presentation software in the Microsoft Office suite. It allows users to create presentations, hold online meetings, teleconferences, and share PPT presentations. Presentation files are saved with suffixes .ppt, .pptx, and can also be saved in .pdf or picture formats.

II. How to recover deleted or unsaved PPT files?

1. Use Renee Undeleter to restore deleted PPT

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How to recover deleted PPT files with the help of Renee Undeleter?
Restoring PPT files with Renee Undeleter is very simple, the specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Undeleter, select the (Fast Partition Scan) option in the main interface.
Avoid installing on the disk requiring data restoration to prevent data overwriting. If (Fast Partition Scan)does not locate the needed files, consider using (Whole Partition Scan) and (Whole Disk Scan) for a thorough scan.
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Data recovery function introduction:

  • Fast Partition Scan: Quickly retrieve files lost due to accidental deletion or emptying the recycle bin.
  • Whole Partition Scan: Quickly recover files lost due to inaccessible or formatted partitions.
  • Whole Disk Scan: Analyze and obtain partition information, and fully scan the entire partition.
  • Image Creation: Image Creation image for a partition to back up the current partition state.
Step 2: Next, select the partition to be scanned, that is, the location where the PPT file was originally saved. Then click (Next).
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Step 3: Choose the Fast Scan option and click Next. Note that “Fast Scan” scans only the first 30GB of the remaining disk space. If the file is not found, use “Deep Scan” for a more thorough search, though it will take longer. Select Default Settings on the Advanced Settings interface and click Next.
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Step 4: Scan, enter (ppt) in the file filter, click (Search), double-click the file to preview, select the PPT file to recover, and click (Recover) to restore it to other disks.
undeleter preview ppt
preview before recovery

2. Recover deleted PPT files from Recycle Bin

To recover a deleted PPT file, check the “Recycle Bin” first as deleted files are usually stored there temporarily:
Step 1: Run the computer, find the (recycle bin) program icon on the desktop and double-click to open it.
open recycle bin windows 10
Step 2: Next, find the deleted PPT file, right-click the file you want to restore, and select (Restore) to restore the file to the location before it was deleted.
Restore PPT files from recycle bin

3. Recover unsaved PPT from auto-recovery file location

The PPT software has a built-in automatic file recovery function. Users can set and view the automatic save time interval and save location in the “PowerPoint Options”. The following are the detailed operation steps:
Step 1: Run the PowerPoint program, click the (File) button in the upper left corner, find (Options) and open it.
Find the PowerPoint option button
Step 2: In PowerPoint Options, navigate to (Save) – (Save Presentation) – (Automatic Recovery File Location) to access the auto-recovery file location (C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\PowerPoint\). Customize the time interval for saving PPT files in (Save Auto-Recovery Information Interval) for more frequent automatic saving. Click (OK) after adjusting settings.
View powerpoint AutoSave file locations

4. Recover with the help of document recovery list or recover unsaved presentation button

When the PowerPoint application suddenly closes, open any PPT file to access the “Document Recovery” list on the left. If the edited content is lost, it may be due to the time interval for saving auto-recovery information. Adjust the settings to ensure content is saved automatically.
Document Recovery Options
If the “Document Recovery” list is not displayed, you can click (File) > (Open) > (Recent), and find the (Recover Unsaved Presentation) button to open the path of the unsaved presentation. Default path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles.
powerpoint, Click Recover Unsaved Presentation
The PowerPoint application’s automatic save/document recovery function has limitations. It is recommended to develop the habit of timely saving when editing files by pressing (Ctrl+S). If a file is accidentally deleted and cannot be restored from the recycle bin, immediately stop using the disk that originally saved the file to avoid data overwriting. Use professional data recovery software to scan and restore the target disk as soon as possible. Download a free trial of Renee Undeleter.
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