How do I retrieve a lost fillable fields document?

[jr1979]

I completed a tax form online using Adobe Acrobat DC. I was successful in saving the document to my hard drive. However, when I attempted to sign electronically, and reopened the document, the tax form no longer included the text entered. Is there anyway to retrieve the previous completed tax form?

Thanks!

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

Not possible when you have saved the empty form.

[jane-e]

Hi JR,

Does it show up in Recents?

Did you do a Save as and pay attention to where you saved it? If yes, look there. If not, it may have gone into a temporary folder.

If you have to redo it: Save as > give it a name > Close > Reopen > then start to fill it out.

[try67]

Before opening the file go To Edit - Preferences - JavaScript and tick off the "Enable JavaScript" box. Then open the file.

Do you see the data, then? If not, then it's gone for good, I'm afraid.