So if you want to access it, the easiest way to do so is : Excel/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery/īEWARE : it’s not straight-forward to get to this folder in recent/current versions of OSX and macOS, as the user’s Library-folder is a hidden folder. ~/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.microsoft. PowerPoint/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery/

Word/Data/Library/Preferences/AutoRecovery/ ~/Users/ username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Office 2011 AutoRecoveryĪnd if you are running Office 2016 for Mac (whether or not as part of Office 365) the correct path to the Word 15‘s AutoRecovery-folder(s) is : If you are running Office 2011 for Mac (whether as part of Office 365 or not) the correct path to the AutoRecovery-folder is this :

You might have guessed : nowadays, the AutoRecovery-folder is located in an entirely different location on your Mac. I accidentally messed up the Office documents (Word/PowerPoint/Excel) I was working on, and I didn’t save it before, so I wanted to get the auto-saved version from the AutoRecovery-folder as I’ve done in the old days of Office 20.īut now I am using Office 365, and I can’t find the AutoRecovery folder anywhere… where is it ?