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Lost document in Microsoft Word on iPad - using Auto-save, doc saved in Files app

Battery on my iPad went out last night unexpectedly, and 6 days of work are gone. When I open the document I was working on, it has reverted to a previous version. I had the document saved in Files, and was using Auto-save. The document is not in any place I would expect to look: not in recently deleted documents, not in OneDrive (naturally, since I was using Files on the iPad).


Where else might I look for this document that represents hours of hard work!? I’ve been using an iPad with Word for over 10 years, and have never had this issue before.

iPad Pro, iPadOS 17

Posted on Nov 28, 2024 4:24 AM

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Lost document in Microsoft Word on iPad - using Auto-save, doc saved in Files app

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