While if you have mistakenly permanently deleted the Excel files or the saved documents are disappeared caused by other reasons, there is no way but to use professional and free data recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery for Mac recommended in Part 2 to get them back. If the Excel files are already gone are unsaved, you can use the two solutions in Part 1 to recover them in large part. On the whole, Excel files may get lost due to the program crash, Mac shutting down unexpected, accidental deletion, hard drive formatting, or virus attack.
Run EaseUS file recovery software > Scan device > Recover deleted or lost excel. Go to 'Applications' >' Utilities' > 'Terminal' > Type ' defaults write .'. Go to 'Applications' > 'Utilities' > 'Terminal' > Type $TMPDIR and hit Return.