FileFix

Repair a broken .docx document.

A broken .docx can retain its paragraph XML after the package index or the end of document.xml is damaged. FileFix rebuilds a valid document around the recoverable body. Preview one or two complete watermarked pages from the rebuilt document before you decide. A one-time $14 USD — and only if the repair works.

Drop a broken Word document here — the free preview shows what's recoverable before you pay.

DOCX

Files up to 2 GB.

Free preview — pay only if you download ($14 USD)

Your files auto-delete — delete them sooner anytime

No person looks at your file as part of repair

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Recovering what we can.

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  2. Repair in progress
  3. Result ready

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Here's what we recovered.

Review one or two complete watermarked pages from the rebuilt document before checkout.

Repair your file

Choose a supported file to see what can be repaired before checkout.

You preview before you pay. If the download is materially worse than the preview you approved, we'll refund you.

Your files auto-delete — delete them sooner anytime

No person looks at your file as part of repair

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Good news — your file isn't damaged. No charge.

There's nothing to repair. If it still looks broken, the issue may be the player, codec, or viewer on your device rather than the file itself.

We couldn't recover this one.

The file is too damaged to rebuild, so there is nothing to preview and no charge.

Unrepaired files are kept encrypted for up to 30 days, then deleted.

FileFix can't fix that kind of file yet.

Right now we repair video, audio, document, and image files (MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, AVI, TS, MTS, M2TS, MPG, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, WebM, FLV, M4A, WAV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, AIFF, XLSX, DOCX, PPTX, ODT, ZIP, RAR, PDF, AI, HEIC, and HEIF). We're adding support for more formats over time.

We store just your email and the file type — never the file itself. One message, when it's ready. No spam.

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Why this happens

A .docx document holds text, formatting, and pictures in separate parts of the same file. Damage to one part, or a save that stops too soon, can prevent Word from opening the whole document.

FileFix looks for text that is still readable and uses it to build a new .docx document. We check that the rebuilt file opens before showing you a preview.

The rebuilt file prioritizes readable body text. The preview shows only content present in the rebuilt document; it does not guarantee that missing source content, formatting, comments, tracked changes, headers, images, or other document features were recovered.

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What we can and can't recover

We can usually fix

  • Documents that show "Word found unreadable content"
  • Documents Word refuses to open
  • Documents cut off mid-save or mid-transfer
  • Files that show the right size but won't open

We can't fix

  • Password-protected/encrypted documents
  • Genuinely empty (0-byte) files
  • Deleted or formatted files (that's data recovery, a different job)
  • The old binary .doc format (this repair is for .docx)

Different format? OpenDocument text (.odt) — see the dedicated ODT repair page

How it works

  1. Upload Drop the file in. It uploads over an encrypted connection. The repair runs automatically — no person looks at your file.
  2. Free watermarked preview Preview one or two complete watermarked pages from the rebuilt document before you decide.
  3. Pay & download If the preview shows what you need, unlock the repaired Word document for a one-time $14 USD.

You see complete watermarked pages from your rebuilt document before you decide anything — so you never guess.

See what's recoverable.

Free watermarked page preview · private & auto-deleted

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