I lost word files that I worked on yesterday. Looked everywhere. Help

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2026-08-01T21:46:50.7666667+00:00

Lost Word documents that I worked on yesterday. How do I find them.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 278.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2026-08-02T00:58:12.02+00:00

    Were you using Word on the desktop or Word online? Did you save them on the local drive or on OneDrive? In either case, you should be able to search for them in File Explorer. If you don't remember the filenames, you can search using some text that you know appears in the file.

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