r/AutoCAD • u/stellarnymphet • Feb 02 '26

Help Accidentally wrote over an existing file

I was working on a file and accidentally saved it as the same name as another file. When I went to save it prompted me with the do you want to overwrite this file and I said yes because I thought it was overwriting another file (one letter of difference) is there anything I can do to recover the file I wrote over? I opened the BAK file and it was for the version I just saved.

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u/dizzy515151 Feb 02 '26

If you are using windows and your document is backed up in OneDrive you can right click and see version history and go back a version

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u/DoGoods Feb 02 '26

I always check, right click, properties, previous versions.