Select "Manage Document. " Hit "Recover Unsaved Documents" from the drop-down menu.Open a document in Microsoft Word. In this video let us see four proven ways to recover a word document in case the document disappears closes or crashes abruptly. If you don't see it, go to "File" > "Info" > "Manage Document" > "Recover Unsaved Documents. " Find your document in the list and click "Open. Go to File > Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents. Office 2016 Recover Unsaved Documents Select the file, and then select Open. I'm going to show you a couple of things you can try if you ever need to recover an unsaved Word document. You can recover unsaved files through Temporary Files, AutoRecover Files, Document Recovery, Recycle Bin, and Data Recovery solutions.