Turning off Save to Cloud as default

I don’t see the option in UI.

We can toggle it manually by setting the /AdobeSaveAsCloudDocumentPreference flag to zero in Adobe Illustrator Prefs, or running this script code:

app.preferences.setBooleanPreference ("AdobeSaveAsCloudDocumentPreference",false);

But I treat it as Ai actively trying to lock users in their choise, accidental or not. I hate it.

Here’s a bug report and I ask those who feel the same upote it.

After clicking "Do Not Ask Again" it now defaults to cloud save by default, even though I selected Save to my computer when selecting do not ask again. This is so dumb, Adobe, and the option in File Handling to turn off cloud save doesn't exist any more. What if we use a different cloud provider for work? There are 9 million reasons why we should be able to opt out of saving our files to Creative Cloud, not least of which is that for some businesses we're legally not allowed to use third party services to store business-related files. Having this as the default option prevents a risk for those customers and is indefensibly stupid. Listen to your customers! If you want the cloud to do something useful, maybe it could sync/save my workspace arrangements so they don't get erased with every update? That would actually be helpful! I'm on version 27.5.

Thanks to Anubhav Majumder for posting the solution to this. I have used Adobe products since the 1980s. I HATE this. It makes me livid. OK Adobe offers the option to opt out and disable cloud saving, but THE OPT OUT DID NOT WORK! It's infuriating to choose to bypass the cloud save option and then have it reappear with the opt-out no longer showing. Sorry to rant but this rubs me the wrong way on so many levels. Over the years I have had projects affected when Adobe pulled fonts from the CC package (will never rely on Adobe fonts again) and recently we have all seen PMS color options crippled. Several years back I even made the mistake of selling clients on projects that used the Adobe Digital Publishing Solution, only to have it yanked away only days after speaking with an Adobe rep about its future. Decisions like these on Adobe's part are not only annoying. They cost us time and money and make me wish there were alternatives. Many of us were once Quark XPress users but invested in InDesign because Quark was difficult to deal with as a company. Adobe is on the same path, IMO. So, my outreach to Adobe here is "Please. Respect your customers' time and loyalty." Understand that professionals are not happy when they are railroaded into a new revenue stream. 

Again, apologies to the community but this makes me furious.

Agreed.

This "solution" doesn't work for people working with large files, sensitive files, or in areas with poor internet service.

Adobe: we already buy the yearly subscriptions. Trying to get us to commit to plans for ever-expanding storage on servers, is frankly insulting. Most of us have giant servers or SSDs to work on.

Concentrate on the product, not the cloud. Rebuild customer trust.

Hello @Digital-M,

Thanks for reaching. I would request you to change the default file location from File Handling under Illustrator's preferences and check if it helps.

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,

Anubhav