Recover a damaged Excel file
An interrupted download, a USB stick pulled out too early, a cut-off attachment: Excel refuses to open the file, or "repairs" it by removing half the content. The file is read part by part, even without its table of contents, and whatever can be saved is saved.
What this tool does
- Part-by-part reading, including a truncated file whose end is missing.
- Unreadable parts set aside, broken references removed, a minimal style sheet if the real one is lost.
- A repaired workbook, read back and checked before it is handed to you.
- Always, in addition, the recovered values in a new workbook, sheet by sheet.
What it does not do: What is no longer in the file cannot be rebuilt: a sheet cut off midway gives back its first rows. The old .xls format is not supported; a password-protected workbook is, once its password is typed.
No file is uploaded. Turn off your network once this page has loaded: the tool keeps working. How to check it yourself.
Other tools
- Slim down a workbook : Phantom rows, thousands of styles, copied formatting: the extra weight, removed.
- Remove external links : The "this workbook contains links" warning goes away: formulas become values.
- Formulas to values : Paste Special, Values, on the whole workbook at once: the file is frozen.
- Find and replace : A find and replace Excel doesn't have: regular expression, every sheet, text and formulas, with a preview.
- Unmerge cells : Merges removed and the value copied everywhere: you can finally sort and filter.