Repair a corrupt Excel file, right here in your browser
The rebuild runs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded. See the recovered rows for free before paying anything.
or drag it anywhere onto this box. Up to 150 MB.
Nothing is uploaded. The rebuild runs on your machine.
Rebuilding locally, scanning the archive and salvaging rows. Your file has not left this browser.
What happens when you drop the file
Your browser reads it directly
An .xlsx is a ZIP archive of XML files. We scan the raw bytes, reconstruct the archive structure and salvage cell rows from damaged sheets. None of this goes over the network.
You see the recovered data for free
Sheet tabs and the first rows of real recovered data appear in a preview table. It is your data or it is nothing. We never show a mockup. If we cannot show you real rows, there is no pay button.
Pay $12 once, download immediately
Stripe Checkout, one-time charge. The repaired file was already rebuilt locally. Payment unlocks the download button. Nothing is sent to us or stored anywhere.
Straight answers
What can you recover, and what cannot be saved?
We recover cell values: text, numbers, dates and booleans, sheet by sheet, up to the point of corruption. Formulas are replaced by their last calculated values. Formatting (colors, column widths, number formats) is often lost. The data is the point. If a region of the file was overwritten or destroyed, that data is gone. We tell you exactly which rows we recovered and never pretend otherwise. Password-protected files are out: we do not break encryption.
Is my file really not uploaded anywhere?
Really. The repair engine is JavaScript running in your browser tab. The only network requests this page makes are to Stripe for payment. Open your browser's developer tools, watch the network tab while repairing, and you will see your file never leaves. That is the whole reason FileQuiet exists: other repair services make you upload your spreadsheet to their servers.
What if you cannot recover my data?
Then you do not pay. The preview comes first, always. If we cannot show you your data, there is no pay button. And if a downloaded file ever does not match its preview, email us within 14 days for a full refund, no questions.
What shows up on my card statement?
WEDGEWORKS* XLSXFIX. FileQuiet is made by Wedgeworks. $12, one time, per repaired file. No subscription and nothing recurring.
My file is actually a .xls, or came from a web app export. Will this work?
Usually, yes. Legacy .xls workbooks are converted to modern .xlsx. Files that are secretly HTML or CSV renamed to .xlsx (a common web-app trick that Excel chokes on) are detected and converted properly. The preview will tell you what your file really was.
I paid but my browser lost the file (private mode). Am I stuck?
No. Drop the same file again. Your payment is remembered by this browser and the download unlocks without another charge. Because the file never touches our servers, we cannot store it for you. The repair simply runs again locally. If anything at all goes sideways, email support@shotfold.com with your Stripe receipt and we will make it right.
What the error on your screen means
- “The file format or file extension is not valid”Excel refusing at the front door, and the rename tricks that fix the mislabeled cases for nothing.
- “We found unreadable content”What clicking Yes actually does, and how to get back the rows Excel decides to drop.
- “Problems with the contents”Reading the Removed Part detail, and why the text vanishes while the numbers survive.
- Recover a .xlsx without ExcelLibreOffice, Google Sheets and the unzip route. None of them cost anything.
Also worth reading: free versus paid repair tools, compared honestly, why workbooks get corrupted in the first place, or the rest of the guides.