"Word found unreadable content" — what it means and how to fix it.
Upload a Word document that won't open. We rebuild it from what's still inside and show you a free recovery summary — paragraph and word counts and a short excerpt of recovered text. Paid downloads for document repairs are coming soon; while we finish testing, the summary is free.
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Your files auto-delete within 48 hours
No person watches your video as part of repair
Intro
Modern Word documents are actually small zip archives holding XML parts — document.xml contains the text, while other parts hold styles, relationships, and media. When a save is interrupted, a disk hiccups, or a transfer is cut off, the archive's index or one of those parts gets damaged. Word hits the damaged part and gives up with "unreadable content" even though the document text may still be inside.
FileFix reads the archive directly, salvages the damaged container, and re-stitches the document body from the XML parts that survived. When the structure is the problem, that recovers the readable text. When the text itself was never written, there is nothing to rebuild — and we tell you that instead of pretending otherwise.
You never install anything, and you don't create an account to try it. You upload, you read the recovery summary, you decide.
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)
How it works
- Upload. Drop the file in. It uploads over an encrypted connection.
- We rebuild it. The repair runs automatically — no person looks at your file.
- Read the summary, then decide. You see exactly what we recovered — paragraph and word counts and a short excerpt of recovered text. Paid downloads for document repairs are coming soon; while we finish testing, the recovery summary is free.
You see a recovery summary built from your actual file before you decide anything — so you never guess.
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Questions
Is my file private?
Yes. Uploads travel over an encrypted connection, the repair is fully automated, no person looks at your file, and everything auto-deletes within 48 hours.
What does it cost?
Nothing right now. Paid downloads for document repairs are coming soon — while we finish testing, the recovery summary is free, and we don't ask for a card or an account.
What if you can't fix it?
Then we say so. If the data you need didn't survive, the summary shows that honestly — we'd rather tell you than waste your time.
How long does it take?
Usually a few minutes, depending on the file's size. You can watch the progress on the page.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything runs in your browser and on our servers — nothing to download, no add-ins, no macros.