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How to globally turn off autosave for all documents?

Tunner, Joseph (Ext) 0 Reputation points
2025-09-19T17:03:38.92+00:00

All WORD documents open up with Autosave on by default. How do I change this so that they open up with Autosave OFF by default?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For business | Windows
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  1. John Korchok 231.1K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-09-19T17:16:06.09+00:00

    In Word for Windows, choose File>Options>Save and uncheck the option Autosave files stored in the Cloud by default in Word.

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  1. Tunner, Joseph (Ext) 0 Reputation points
    2025-09-19T17:27:30.39+00:00

    Thank you! That worked.

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