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Known Participant
March 29, 2025
Question

Disable "Save when closed" impossible?

I do not want anything to auto save. If I wanted to save, I would use the save button.

Am I missing something?

There is no way to disable the auto save when you close a document.

Yes, I have disabled everything related to auto saving in the preferences and file handling, but it will still auto save when closed.

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2025

You will probably need to make a feature request over there: https://illustrator.uservoice.com

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barbara_a7746676
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 30, 2025

Save to a dirextory on your computer

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Known Participant
April 1, 2025

The directory on my computer is not a cloud document.

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 29, 2025

Don't use Illustrator Cloud documents (.aic), there is no way to stop the saving.

I totally understand that you want to control when and what to save.

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