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Securely deleting Excel temporary files
We use Excel to work on confidential data and we have to have defined processes for ensuring that no trace of the data can be retrieved from PCs that have worked on it. We know how to ensure the Excel files themselves are securely deleted at the end of the project. However we need to be sure that nothing can be recovered from any temporary files. Could someone tell me where these would be located?
Hi Phil,
You can get access to the temporary folder in Windows through this command:
%temp%
To execute this command, press ⊞ + R (Win+R), copy it there and then click OK.
You can delete everything there except the files that are currently used by some applications.
Another location
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
Go to the above location, and discover some AutoSaved Excel files, and delete them!
