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KazuTa
Inspiring
July 10, 2025
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hide autosave folder in Production panel

  • July 10, 2025
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I have a Production where, in Scratch Disks, I'm pointing my auto save to "Same as Production". It appears to be putting autosaves (in Finder) in the folder each specific project is in. This is great.

 

I'd like to NOT have that auto save folder show up in the Production Panel in Premiere. I'm an Assistant Editor; when I hand this off to an editor, I'd rather not have them see the auto saves in the Production Panel (to prevent them from working within an autosaved version of a project).

 

How do I make the auto save folder not show up in the Production panel?

Correct answer mattchristensen

@KazuTa that's correct; you should have on auto save location for the production that is available to all users who open the production. Yes I'd move those auto saves out of the production folder and into the outside folder pointed to in your screenshot. If everyone using the production is on Premiere Pro 25.2 or later, they shouldn't see these appear inside the folder anymore.

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mattchristensen
mattchristensen
Legend
July 10, 2025

@KazuTa It isn't a good idea to have auto saves inside the production folder. The production folder should only have folders, and the actual projects themselves. You said your setting in the Scratch Disks is set to "Same as Production" – that is good, and that means it should be next to the Production folder, outside of it.

 

Prior to Premiere Pro 25.2 there was a bug where sometimes auto saves could still end up inside the production folder even though the Scratch Disk was set to "Same as Production" that has been fixed in Premiere Pro 25.2. So if you update to 25.2 or later, check that new auto saves are being created next to the Production folder, and then you can safely remove the auto saves that are inside the production folder.

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    KazuTaAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2025

    Another Assistant Editor set the Production up, so they may have been on 2025.2. Is the general practice that there's one Auto Save folder for the entire Production that has versions of all the different Projects inside of it? In Finder, shall I move all the Auto Saves out of the folders within the Production's folder structure and move them all into one folder outside the production folder?

    mattchristensen
    mattchristensenCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 11, 2025

    @KazuTa that's correct; you should have on auto save location for the production that is available to all users who open the production. Yes I'd move those auto saves out of the production folder and into the outside folder pointed to in your screenshot. If everyone using the production is on Premiere Pro 25.2 or later, they shouldn't see these appear inside the folder anymore.

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      RobShultzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 10, 2025

      I don't believe that there's a way to hide this in Premiere.

        Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
        Community Manager
        Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
        Community Manager
        July 10, 2025

        Hi,

        See if this helps: specify a folder outside the production folder for auto saves and other scratch disk files. This can be done by changing the Scratch Disk settings to point to a different location, even if it is on a network drive. See if that works.

         

        Thanks,
        Kevin

         

        Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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