If I open another Excel file saved in OneDrive the Autosave option was there, so it was not disabled permanently. The above step worked only on that particular file, not the entire Excel program. These steps are simple and obvious, but I faced a strange problem with a specific user who was asking to disable it permanently. Here is the example of the disabled autosave option in Excel. The Autosave option would be disabled for all files. Disable Autosave in Excel Permanently (Word and PowerPoint Also)ġ) Go to Options by clicking File from Menu.Ģ) Under the Save options, untick the Autosave option and press OK.ģ) You may need to close all Excel files and open back. Also, there is a way to go back to your original file and revert all the temporary changes you have made. Microsoft kept this feature to safeguard you. But as a proper computer user, it is not recommended. If you use and modify the documents temporarily and do not want to save the changes more frequently, then you can think about disabling the feature. He works on accounting Excel files he doesn’t want the changes to save automatically without saving manually, because his temporary changes overwrite the original file. I recently got a request from one of the user to disable this feature. See all 3 parts I indicated, that will be useful throughout this guide.īelow document saved in the local disk (C Drive) where the Autosave feature does not work on the same computer. Below is the working AutoSave Excel sheet which saved in OneDrive.
So, make sure to save your documents on local partitions manually. If you save the Excel or Word files on your local disks like C or D drive, you will not get this feature.
By the way, the Autosave technology works only for the documents you save in OneDrive or SharePoint sites which support version history feature.
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