How to Find the Last Saved Date in Excel & Google Sheets

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Last updated on December 12, 2022

This tutorial demonstrates how to find the date a file was last saved in Excel and Google Sheets.

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Find the Last Saved Date

To find the last saved date of an Excel file, in the Ribbon, go to File > Info.

excel info toolbar

In the Info window, on the right side, you can find the Last Modified (in this example, 6/5/2015). This is the date and time when the file was last saved.

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To get properties, like Related Dates, through a macro, see VBA Get File and Folder Properties.

Last Saved Date in Google Sheets

All Google Sheets changes are saved automatically on edit. You can see when the last edit of the file was to the right of the toolbar.

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