Need Help To Re-install Excel

I was trying to clean up my laptop since it has been running oddly. I downloaded some stuff here that helped a lot, but then still was having performance issues, so I figured it was due to too many programs. I went to add/remove programs to see what has been installed recently, since I rarely add new programs. I saw something downloaded today, and I havent installed anything, so I uninstalled it.

Then I went to open a master excel file where I track lots different thing for all my hobbies, and the file was gone. It is like now microsoft excel was deleted and only some cloud files, which I never do anything in the cloud are there. How do I re-install this program that I uninstalled or how do I download a free excel and get that file back?

 

if you are wanting excel there is a couple of programs out there, you can get Microsoft 365 which is free to use online but you have to pay for it to be installed on your computer. LibreOffice is a good free alternative which opens Microsoft documents and the other free one you might want to look at is OpenOffice which again is free.

 

Do you happen to recall just what it was that you uninstalled?

No uninstaller I've ever run across would remove saved personal files, so where was your file saved? Do you happen to have backup copies stored somewhere off of the laptop's internal drive?