I accidentally clicked “Don’t Save” on a Word document that I hadn’t saved or named yet. Is there any way to recover it?
Unfortunately, if the document was never saved or named, Word didn’t actually create a file on your drive. When you click “Don’t Save,” it clears the temporary data as well.
That said, you can still check: open Word, click File on the menu bar, select Info > Manage Document > Recover Unsaved Documents. If you’re lucky, you might find an autosave copy there. If not, it’s probably gone for good this time.
You can follow this tutorial to try your best to get the data back: How to recover unsaved Word documents on Mac
Been there, done that. If you hadn’t saved it even once, Word usually doesn’t keep a recovery version. Still, I’d try reopening Word and seeing if it shows a “Document Recovery” pane.
Only for permanently deleted, saved documents, a data recovery tool like iBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac can help you restore them.