{"id":17482,"date":"2018-04-11T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?p=17482"},"modified":"2025-01-03T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:35:43","slug":"simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Do you have an Excel file that won&rsquo;t open due to corruption? Are you repeatedly encountering the same error message &ldquo;<strong>the file is corrupt and cannot be opened<\/strong>&rdquo; when trying to open it?<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"Excel File Corruption Message\" class=\"wp-image-176846 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-150x70.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p class=\"has-text-align-left\">What&rsquo;s worse! You don&rsquo;t have a healthy backup of the Excel file from which to restore the data. If so, you can try repairing the corrupt file by using a few simple yet effective manual methods.<\/p><pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em><strong>TIP<\/strong>: Performing the manual workarounds can take time and increases data loss risk. A preferable solution is to quickly fix corrupt Excel files by using a professional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/repair-excel-file.php\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ee0e0e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Excel repair software<\/mark><\/a>.<\/em><\/pre><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"manual-methods-to-open-a-corrupt-excel-file\"><strong><strong>Manual Methods to Open a Corrupt Excel File<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><p>Given below is a list of step-by-step solutions which will help you manually open a corrupt Excel file.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 1:&nbsp;Repair Corrupt Excel File<\/strong><\/h3><p>When attempting to open a corrupt file, MS Excel automatically starts &ldquo;File Recovery&rdquo; mode to repair the file. But, if the recovery mode doesn&rsquo;t start, try Excel&rsquo;s built-in &ldquo;<strong>Open and Repair<\/strong>&rdquo; feature to manually repair the file.<\/p><p>To use this feature, perform the following steps:<\/p><p><strong>Step 1:&nbsp;<\/strong>Open a<strong>&nbsp;Blank workbook&nbsp;<\/strong>in Excel, and then click<strong>&nbsp;File &gt; Open<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<strong>Open<\/strong>&nbsp;window, browse and select the corrupt file.<\/p><p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>&nbsp;Click the arrow that is beside the&nbsp;<strong>Open<\/strong>&nbsp;tab, and select&nbsp;<strong>Open and Repair<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Open and Repair Option\" class=\"wp-image-176847 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-1.png 296w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-1-150x117.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>&nbsp;Implement the following sequentially:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>Repair<\/strong>&nbsp;button. (This is to recover as much data as possible.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the file still doesn&rsquo;t open, click&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>Extract Data<\/strong>&nbsp;button. (This is to recover values and formulas from the Excel file if the repair process fails to recover the entire data.)<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Excel Built-in Repair Options\" class=\"wp-image-176848 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-2.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-2-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-2-150x31.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>If using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/ms-excel-open-and-repair-option-is-not-working\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f31616\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Open and Repair does not work<\/mark><\/a>, move to the next method.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 2:&nbsp;Disable the Protected View Feature<\/strong><\/h3><p>Microsoft Excel has a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/what-is-protected-view-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eb0a0a\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Protected View<\/mark><\/a>&rdquo; feature that stops users from opening potentially harmful files. You can disable this feature and try to open the file. To do so, follow these steps:<\/p><p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;Open a blank Excel file, click on&nbsp;<strong>File<\/strong>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<strong>Excel Options<\/strong>&nbsp;window, select&nbsp;<strong>Trust Center<\/strong>, and then click&nbsp;<strong>Trust Center Settings<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Excel Trust Center Settings\" class=\"wp-image-176849 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-3.png 744w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-3-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-3-150x121.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>&nbsp;The <strong>Trust Center <\/strong>window will appear. Select <strong>Protected View<\/strong> in the left panel. Click&nbsp;<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-4.png\" alt=\"Protected View Window\" class=\"wp-image-176850 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-4.png 539w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-4-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-4-150x123.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><strong>Step 4: <\/strong>Untick the three boxes. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Now check if you can&nbsp;open the corrupt file. If not, try implementing the next method.<\/p><p>Note: Repeat the steps and tick the three boxes before opening a new Excel file.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 3:&nbsp;Look for Automatically Recovered Excel File&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3><p>If Excel&rsquo;s &ldquo;AutoRecover&rdquo; feature is enabled on your computer, you can gain access to a copy of the&nbsp;Excel file corrupted or lost due to an application crash, power outage, or accidental deletion.<\/p><p>The &ldquo;AutoRecover&rdquo; feature saves Excel worksheets at a temporary location after certain time intervals. It saves the worksheets automatically and is turned on by default to reduce the chance of data loss.<\/p><p>Check if you can&nbsp;recover a corrupted Excel file&nbsp;by following these steps:<\/p><p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;In Excel, open a&nbsp;<strong>Blank workbook<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;Go to&nbsp;<strong>File<\/strong>&nbsp;and click&nbsp;<strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Figure 5 &ndash; Excel Options\" class=\"wp-image-176851 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-5.png 179w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-5-110x300.png 110w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-5-150x411.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<strong>Excel Options<\/strong>&nbsp;dialog box, click&nbsp;<strong>Save<\/strong>, and then copy the <strong>AutoRecover file location<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-6.png\" alt=\"Excel Options Window\" class=\"wp-image-176852 apply-gradient-on-post-images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-6.png 668w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-6-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/image-6-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>&nbsp;Open File Explorer window and paste the copied AutoRecover file location. Press&nbsp;<strong>Enter<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>&nbsp;A list of saved Excel files will be displayed. Choose the file you want to recover.<\/p><p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/article\/excel-auto-recover-not-working.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#eb0f0f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Excel AutoRecover not working, what is next?<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong><em>TIP:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Use Excel&rsquo;s AutoBackup&nbsp;feature to reduce the chances of data loss by saving a previous version of your spreadsheet automatically.<\/em><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Method 4:&nbsp;Set Calculation to Manual<\/strong><\/h3><p>Microsoft Excel has three calculation modes: <strong>Automatic, Automatic except for data tables<\/strong>, and<strong> Manual<\/strong>. Try changing Calculation options from Automatic to Manual. This will stop Excel from recalculating the data when you open the corrupted file.<\/p><p>Follow these steps to modify calculation options in Excel.<\/p><p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;Go to <strong>File<\/strong>, click <strong>New, <\/strong>and select<strong> Blank workbook<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click <strong>File <\/strong>and go to <strong>Options<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the Excel Options window, select <strong>Formulas <\/strong>andgo to <strong>Calculation options<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>&nbsp;Tick <strong>Manual<\/strong> and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>&nbsp;Go to File &gt; Open. Locate and open the corrupted Excel file.<\/p><p>It is likely that the methods listed above could not resolve the issue. These methods may prove helpful when the corruption occurs while the file is in use, e.g., if the application hangs, stops responding, or the system shuts down abruptly. A better way to comprehensively deal with corrupted Excel files is by using a trusted Professional Excel File Repair Software.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"use-an-excel-file-repair-software\"><strong>Use an Excel File Repair Software<\/strong><\/h2><p>If the above manual methods fail, you can repair the&nbsp;corrupt Excel file&nbsp;by using Stellar Repair for Excel software<strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;It helps repair corrupt Excel (xls, xlsx, and xlsm) files easily and effectively.<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.stellarinfo.com\/StellarRepairforExcel-Blog.exe\"><\/a><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Some key features of Excel Repair software are as follows:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fixes all errors in the MS Excel file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repairs multiple damaged Excel files in a go<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recovers chart, chart sheet, table, cell comment, image, formula, and sort &amp; filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preserves properties and cell formatting of Excel worksheets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows previews of recoverable Excel file data before saving<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recovers all data components from the corrupt files and saves them in a new blank Excel file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compatible with Excel 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, and lower versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Read this:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/support\/kb\/index.php\/article\/repair-corrupt-excel-file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80e0e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">How to repair corrupt Excel file using Stellar Repair for Excel?<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p><p>You can try the methods discussed in the blog to open a corrupt Excel file if you do have a backup. Disabling the protected view feature or setting calculation settings to manual can help you open the file. If the issue persists, try repairing the corrupted Excel file using the Open and Repair utility. However, it may not be able to fix a severely corrupted workbook. In such a case you should use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/repair-excel-file.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f10101\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Stellar Repair for Excel<\/mark><\/a>. This nifty tool can help you repair a corrupt Excel file with 100% integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have an Excel file that won&rsquo;t open due to corruption?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":96707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[780],"class_list":["post-17482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-file-repair","tag-open-corrupt-excel-file","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stellar Data Recovery Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Priyanka Chauhan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@priyanka66\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Priyanka Chauhan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Priyanka Chauhan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470\"},\"headline\":\"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\"},\"wordCount\":995,\"commentCount\":9,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Open corrupt Excel file\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MS Office File Repair\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\",\"name\":\"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470\"},\"description\":\"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Simple ways to Open Corrupt Excel file Without any Backup\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Stellar Data Recovery Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470\",\"name\":\"Priyanka Chauhan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65b92f324507fb182b01aa142f74fb8925fc3c0bcc38f74bd17d59c4a53afd96?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65b92f324507fb182b01aa142f74fb8925fc3c0bcc38f74bd17d59c4a53afd96?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Priyanka Chauhan\"},\"description\":\"Priyanka is a technology expert working for key technology domains that revolve around Data Recovery and related software's. She got expertise on related subjects like SQL Database, Access Database, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Excel. Loves to write on different technology and data recovery subjects on regular basis. Technology freak who always found exploring neo-tech subjects, when not writing, research is something that keeps her going in life.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/priyankachouhan\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/priyanka66\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/author\/priyanka\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup","description":"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup","og_description":"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/","og_site_name":"Stellar Data Recovery Blog","article_published_time":"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Priyanka Chauhan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@priyanka66","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Priyanka Chauhan","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/"},"author":{"name":"Priyanka Chauhan","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470"},"headline":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup","datePublished":"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/"},"wordCount":995,"commentCount":9,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg","keywords":["Open corrupt Excel file"],"articleSection":["MS Office File Repair"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/","url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/","name":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-11T11:16:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-03T12:35:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470"},"description":"You can easily open corrupt Excel file without having the backup copy by using open and repair, autorecover, and software approach.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Simple-ways-to-Open-Corrupt-Excel-file-Without-any-Backup.jpg","width":1000,"height":600,"caption":"Simple ways to Open Corrupt Excel file Without any Backup"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/simple-way-to-open-corrupt-excel-file-without-any-backup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Recover Corrupt Excel File Without Backup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/","name":"Stellar Data Recovery Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/94fe9ee94eb813d94397deee2b641470","name":"Priyanka Chauhan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65b92f324507fb182b01aa142f74fb8925fc3c0bcc38f74bd17d59c4a53afd96?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65b92f324507fb182b01aa142f74fb8925fc3c0bcc38f74bd17d59c4a53afd96?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Priyanka Chauhan"},"description":"Priyanka is a technology expert working for key technology domains that revolve around Data Recovery and related software's. She got expertise on related subjects like SQL Database, Access Database, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Excel. Loves to write on different technology and data recovery subjects on regular basis. Technology freak who always found exploring neo-tech subjects, when not writing, research is something that keeps her going in life.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/priyankachouhan\/","https:\/\/x.com\/priyanka66"],"url":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/author\/priyanka\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17482"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176866,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17482\/revisions\/176866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}