How to recover a deleted Excel file

More details such as where the Excel file was located when deleted…

1. Local drive
2. Mounted drive including USB stick
3. Network share (local)
4. Cloud
   1. iCloud
   2. OneDrive
   3. Dropbox
   4. Google Drive
   5. Other

For local, use your Time Machine backup. For Apple iCloud, see Recover deleted files on iCloud.com - Apple Support.

After file deletion, macOS is a UNIX operating system and deleted files are immediately marked by the operating system so that their storage can be reclaimed and utilized for new storage requests. Chances are by the time you are reading this, that this has happened and the file is unrecoverable from local storage by any means. That is why you have a backup of your filesystem in the first place.

ms like to save their files in their onedrive too, you can check there

otherwise you can get it back using timemachine if you use that

Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support

otherwise you can try various undelete tools

7 Best Free Data Recovery Software for Mac You Can't Miss

8 Best Data Recovery Apps for Mac in 2026 - Tested & Ranked

more

macos free undelete - Google-