Premiere Pro suddenly crashed? Premiere Pro project disappeared? How to recover unsaved projects in Premiere Pro? Now you can read this post on MiniTool Software for detailed instructions. Also, this post will explain how to recover deleted Premiere Pro projects.
Adobe Premiere Pro is a popular video editing software with powerful video processing capabilities. However, this software may crash due to various reasons, such as system failures, disk damage, virus attacks, etc., resulting in the opened project not being saved. Is there any way to recover unsaved projects in Premiere Pro?
Fortunately, there are some methods to help you restore unsaved/deleted Premiere Pro projects. Read on for detailed instructions.
How to Recover Unsaved Projects in Premiere Pro
In this part, we will show you how to recover unsaved Premiere Pro projects after crash.
Way 1. Use the Recovery Mode
Premiere Pro has a recovery mode that enables you to reopen unsaved projects after the program crashes. When you relaunch the closed Premiere Pro, you will receive a pop-up saying “Premiere Pro quit unexpectedly while a project was open”. You can click the Reopen button to access the unsaved projects.
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Way 2. Via the Auto-Save Folder
Additionally, Premiere Pro has an Auto-Save folder that stores save created when Premiere Pro crashes or force quits. You can go to the Premiere Pro autosave location to recover unsaved projects in Premiere Pro. Follow the procedures below.
Step 1. Navigate to the folder where your projects are stored.
Step 2. The unsaved files should be stored in the Adobe Premiere Pro Auto-Save folder, and you can open this folder to locate the needed files.
How to Restore Deleted Premiere Pro Projects
Sometimes your projects may also disappear even if they are saved on your computer due to system crash, hard disk corruption, virus infection, and more. Next, we will describe how to recover deleted or lost Premiere Pro projects.
Method 1. Check the Recycle Bin
Files deleted from the computer’s internal hard drives will be moved into the Recycle Bin for temporary storage. Therefore, you have a chance to recover your projects after they have been deleted.
- Open the Recycle Bin from your desktop.
- Browse the deleted items and check if the wanted project files are there. If yes, select and right-click on them, and then choose Restore from the text menu.
Method 2. Use MiniTool Power Data Recovery
If the deleted projects are not in the Recycle Bin, you can take advantage of green and secure data recovery software to recover them. MiniTool Power Data Recovery is recommended here. It is a read-only data recovery service that supports recovering diverse types of files including the prproj files without affecting the original data and disk.
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Step 1. Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free and you will get its main interface. Here, you need to select the target partition where the deleted prproj files were stored, and then click Scan. If the prproj items were stored on your desktop or the Recycle Bin, you can opt to scan the Desktop or the Recycle Bin individually.
Step 2. Once the scan is completed, you can make use of the Search feature to quickly locate all project files. Type prproj in the search box and press Enter, and then the target files will appear.
Step 3. Tick all needed prproj files and then click Save. After that, you should choose a safe location to store the selected items. Note that you should not store the recovered files to their original location.
Bottom Line
In a word, this post explains how to recover unsaved/deleted projects in Premiere Pro with ease. Just follow the steps above to complete the file recovery.
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Shirley graduated from English major and is currently an editor of MiniTool Team. She likes browsing and writing IT-related articles, and is committed to becoming a professional IT problem solver. The topic of her articles are generally about data recovery, data backup, and computer disk management, as well as other IT issues. In spare time, she likes watching movies, hiking and fishing.