How to Recover Deleted Microsoft Excel XLS / XLSX Files

Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet program for storing, organizing and managing data. XLS and XLSX are two file types of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, currently are widely used for home and office data collections. While working with an excel file, problems do sometimes occurs. Then what if you accidentally delete an important excel document without backup?

“Hello there, I was copying an excel file from my USB flash drive onto my PC. On my PC I had the file with the same name and I choose the option of replacing it, but suddenly the USB corrupted and the file disappeared. Please suggest how to find the excel file that was critical. Thanks a lot.”



Don’t be panic. When deleting an excel file, you are not actually losing it. Most of the time, the file is still there and can be recovered with proper excel recovery software in just a matter of seconds. Jihosoft Excel File Recovery is a program that was developed to recover Excel file form computer or removable devices securely. It supports recovery of Microsoft Excel file in .xls and .xlsx formats made by various versions of Excel, including Excel 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 97, etc.

Tutorial: Simple Steps to Recover Deleted Excel Files

Note: Jihosoft Excel File Recovery for Mac is also available. Please select the right version according to your computer system for excel recovery.



1. Start Jihosoft XLS/XLSX File Recovery and choose the partition where you need to recover excel spreadsheet.
2. Choose the “Normal” scan mode and then click “Scan” button to search for deleted excel documents.
3. Preview the found files after scanning. Once you’ve chosen the excel files, click “Recover” to undelete excel files.