Open ASD files in your browser
An .asd is the copy of a document Word saves every few minutes in case it crashes. Read what it kept right here, even without Word. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your document opens as its pages, with its fonts, pictures and tables.
- Every page • Headers, footers, notes and charts
- Final, Markup or Original • Comments and changes
- Reflow • The text fitted to your screen
- Export • Save as PDF, PNG, JPEG or Markdown
About ASD
Word saves an AutoRecover copy of each open document every 10 minutes, unless set otherwise, as an .asd in its AutoRecovery or UnsavedFiles folder, and deletes it when you save and close. After a crash or a power cut, the .asd is often the only copy of what you typed since your last save.
Filepeek opens it as the Word document it is, with its text, styles, pictures, tables, headers and footnotes laid out on pages, and Export saves them as PDF or pictures. Word for Mac’s AutoRecovery files open the same way.
Word only offers its own .asd files back, in Document Recovery or Recover Unsaved Documents, so one copied from another computer, or one Word stopped offering, opens here without it. Its macros, if it has any, never run.
Word AutoRecover file
.asd
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Microsoft Word
Inside the file
- Holds
- A Word document, as it was
- Saved
- Every 10 minutes by default
- Kept in
- Word’s AutoRecovery folder
- Made by
- Microsoft Word
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens .asd files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on computers and phones. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open ASD
- WindowsMicrosoft Word
- MacMicrosoft Word
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I open an .asd file?
Drop it here and it opens as the document it kept. In Word, choose File, Info, Manage Document, Recover Unsaved Documents and pick it there.
Where does Word keep .asd files?
On Windows, in %AppData%\Microsoft\Word and %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles. Word’s Options, Save shows the AutoRecover file location it uses.
Why is my .asd missing my last changes?
Word writes it only every few minutes, so what you typed after its last AutoRecover save isn’t in it.
Can I turn an .asd into a Word document?
Open it in Word through Recover Unsaved Documents and save it as DOCX. Here, Export saves its pages as PDF or pictures.
What’s the difference between ASD and WBK?
An .asd is Word’s copy in case it crashes, deleted once you save. A .wbk is the version before your last save, kept when Always create backup copy is on.