Excel 2010's Default AutoRecover Location 2010-11-09 • {"login"=>"Philihp", "email"=>"philihp@gmail.com", "display_name"=>"Philihp", "first_name"=>"", "last_name"=>""} And so the only thing you need to know about Excel's AutoRecover is this: the default path for Excel is: C:/Users/you/Application Data/Microsoft/Excel Application Data is usually a hidden folder, so you might not see it. It is still there.