{"id":16391,"date":"2018-02-23T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?p=16391"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:51:59","slug":"data-disappears-in-excel-how-to-get-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/data-disappears-in-excel-how-to-get-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Disappears in Excel – How to get it back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probable Reasons for Data Disappearing in MS Excel and Solutions Thereof<\/strong><\/h2>

Reason 1 – Unsaved Data<\/h3>

While entering data in an Excel spreadsheet, it is important to save the data at frequent intervals. Doing so prevents any unsaved data from disappearing if you lose power or accidentally click ‘No’ when prompted to save the file. Unfortunately, such a situation is quite common as users often close the file without saving the recently made changes to a spreadsheet.<\/p>

Solution – Use the ‘AutoSave’ Feature<\/h3>

With the AutoSave feature enabled in Excel, data won’t be lost in the event of power failure or abruptly closing the Excel program. By default, Excel automatically saves the information in a spreadsheet after every 10 minutes. You can reduce the limit to a few seconds to reduce the chances of Excel file data lost after being saved.<\/p>

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Reason 2 – Changing Excel Format<\/h3>

You can save an Excel file in various formats, like spreadsheet, text, webpage, and more. However, at times, saving the spreadsheet in a different format may lead to missing data. For example, when you save a workbook to a text file format, all formulas and calculations applied to the data will be lost.<\/p>

Solution – Adjust a Spreadsheet for the Changed Format <\/h3>

If you’re changing the format of a spreadsheet, make space for the rows and columns. Also, remove all calculations before saving the file.<\/p>

Note: <\/strong>If the sheet is shared on multiple computers, then save the file in compatibility mode.<\/p>

Reason 3 – Merging Cells<\/h3>

You can combine two or more cells data to make one large cell. This technique is primarily used to fit the text of a title in a sheet. If there is data in two or more cells, then only the data in the top-left cell is displayed and the data in all other cells is deleted. If the other merged cells have been populated with data after merging, the data is not featured and it does not appear even after remerging the cells.<\/p>

Solution – Merge Cells inside One Column<\/h3>

To merge cells without data loss, combine all the cells you want to merge within a column and do the following:<\/p>