Turning Auto Save Off or On in Office 365

Issue/Question

How do you turn off Auto Save in Office 365

Environment

  • Office 365

Cause

Auto Save for OneDrive and SharePoint files is turned on by default

Resolution

Turn off AutoSave for all documents

  1. Open Application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  2. Open document
  3. Click File
  4. Click Options
  5. Click Save
  6. To turn off Autosave uncheck the box next to AutoSave files stored in the Cloud by default in Word
    1. To turn on Autosave check the box next to AutoSave files stored in the Cloud by default in Word

Note: You can turn AutoSave on and off manually for each document you are working on by toggling the setting in the upper left-hand corner of the application

ITS STAFF ONLY

  1. Follow Permanently Disable AutoSave for Office 365 to modify registry settings
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