Quick Answer: How Do I Recover an Unsaved Illustrator File?

To recover unsaved Illustrator file, restart the program. It will recover your artwork using the auto saved recovery feature. As you reopen the Illustrator, the unsaved file with the Recovered suffix will be visible on the top bar of the program.

Where are Illustrator recovery files stored?

Tip 2: Restore Illustrator file from backup

Backup files are stored in “C:Users\AppDataRoamingAdobeAdobe Illustrator [your version of Adobe Illustrator] Settingsen_USAIPrefs”. To recover illustrator from the backup folder, follow the below steps: 1) Navigate to the location where the backup files are stored.

How do I recover an Illustrator file that was not saved?

Restart Illustrator to auto-recover files

When Illustrator crashes, the rule of thumb is to restart the app. If the app doesn’t respond, force quit and then restart it. On restarting Illustrator, app auto-recovery process gets initiated and opens up all the unsaved files with the Recovered suffix.