Turn off autosave for TEAMS/Sharepoint documents

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Turn off autosave for TEAMS/Sharepoint documents

Gideon Abrams 21

Is it possible to turn off autosave function for ALL users in teams and sharepoint - rather than each user and for each application?

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Echo Du_MSFT 17,316

Hello @Gideon Abrams ,

Welcome to Q&A Forum!

AutoSave is a new feature available in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 subscribers that saves your file automatically, every few seconds, as you work.

AutoSave is enabled by default in Microsoft 365 when a file is stored on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online.

From my research, you cannot disable AutoSave feature for web/browser clients, turning off AutoSave feature is only available for desktop applications.

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Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2022-02-07T01:16:22.243+00:00

Hi @Gideon Abrams ,

Would you tell me whether your issue has been resolved or have any update?
I am looking forward to your reply.

Have a nice day!

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Echo Du
Gideon Abrams 21 Reputation points

2022-02-15T08:45:14.593+00:00

Thanks for your response - So from what I understand you can only turn it off per user, per application for desktop access only.

In addition, can you force it to open documents via the desktop application rather than on-line automatically?

Many thanks
Gideon
Echo Du_MSFT 17,316 Reputation points

2022-02-15T09:18:21.747+00:00
Hi @Gideon Abrams ,

Thanks for your reply.

From my research, we can't force the document to be opened only through the client application, but we can set the default opening method of the document.

Library settings >> Advanced settings >> select "Open in the client application" >> OK

Then, documents are opened by default through the client application.

Have a nice day!

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Echo Du

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