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📍 Mac: /Users/[YourName]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator [Version] Settings/en_US/Adobe Illustrator Prefs/DataRecovery

Illustrator autosaves in the background. recover ai file

File > Open → select the corrupt .ai → while clicking Open recover ai file

📍 Windows: C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [Version] Settings\en_US\x64\DataRecovery recover ai file

You’d be surprised what’s still there.

In Illustrator:

Losing an AI file feels like losing a drawing. But modern recovery options are better than most designers realize. Don’t rage-restart. Go digging first.