InDesign CC won't save my files

Aug 2018 Windows 10 and this issue is still persistent. If you use Bridge you're screwed. Just uninstall this glitch program.
Save as IDML otherwise your working hours is unpaid.

Unable to save, create a HUGE discomfort.

On Mac go to:

/Users/Your Username/Library/Saved Application State

or

~/Library/Saved Application State

and delete the folder named: "com.adobe.InDesign.savedState"

Restart. This fixed it for me.

I've been having the same problem for several weeks, and knew it had some correlation to my Wacom tablet.  Just today I realized that my settings for the tablet in system preferences had been adjusted for "All Other" but that I hadn't actually disabled all the functionality for InDesign.  Seems silly enough, but I haven't had the graying out of "undo" and "save" all day since I adjusted it, which is the first.

I tried to package it, to create another file and save all of my links and fonts. There was an error and it completely shut down. I restarted it, and a pop up asked if I wanted to reopen the files that were open during the error. I did that, and everything was there..Just saved another copy in case after that.

having the same issue using windows 10,  Cant save a simple document!  Cant even save one line of text, no undo.   Seriously?  I basicly paid for the complete creative cloud for mainly this application..  Sort it out Adobe!!

I just had same issue. The only thing I could do was export as an .idml file, then I could open that idml file and save it. I restarted InDesign after that. Not sure if the file became corrupt or if it was a font issue, but at least I was able to save the file.

I just had the same issue, and found a solution. But first, the problem:

I think it was because I was working on the document at home, closed my laptop (putting it to sleep), then went to my client's office, opened it up (waking it up & disrupting it's internet connection) then started working on it again. I didn't realize it wasn't saving until I realized I couldn't undo. I thought of one solution: force quite InDesign and let the recovery files restore my progress. Always the careful rebel, I checked the file timestamps within finder (both my scratch disk's data, working documents and the crash recovery files) and noticed that while some of the files had time stamps of being last modified 30 minutes prior, my crash recovery files' time stamps were roughly the time I closed the laptop lid at my house and put the computer to sleep. So no go on the recovery files. But there is hope!

Instead of saving, or force quitting for a restart, export an IDML file. You can't save, but you can export, and IDML will work just fine as a bridge to salvage all your hard work. Export, close out InDesign, open all your chapters/documents/whathavyou as the IDML versions, then save-as to the same name INDD. Your book master should not ever know the difference, though you may have to update it from being "saved outside book."

Finally, go pat yourself on the back and catch your breath with a piping hot coffee. And bring me one, too. Preferably Irished

Just encountered the same problem today (typically on a day when I have to get the artwork to print by the end of the day!). I haven't read all the replies but this seems to be a Wacom problem (I'm using an Intuos5 Touch) so will try turning off all the gestures – many thanks all.

PS – Using a new Mac Pro, Mavericks and InDesign CS6

I may have a solution.  It worked for me on the Windows side, but YMMV (Your mileage may vary).  Although I go through the steps I took to try and fix this, make sure you read to the bottom to find the easy solution that made the rest of this unnecessary...

I was about to pull my remaining hair out with InDesign CC on Windows 8.1.  It wouldn't save or export anything.  I'd tried uninstalling and reinstalling CS6, CC, and CC 2014, deleting preferences (ctrl-alt-shift at startup), running the adobe CC cleaner, disabling sync, manually deleting every folder related to InDesign, deleting temp files, etc. without a resolution.  It didn't matter if I even started with a blank document.

I went into my Creative Cloud settings and disabled Sync settings there.  I also went online here and deleted InDesign settings:  https://creative.adobe.com/appsettings

I used the Adobe CC cleaner to get rid of all instances of InDesign (some versions can also be abbreviated as "ID" in this tool):

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems/_jcr_content/main-pars/accordion_container_1/accordion-par/accordion-item-0/accordion-item-par/procedure/proc_par/step_0/step_par/download/file.res/AdobeCreativeCloudCleanerTool.exe

Then, I installed the old version, InDesign CS6, from Creative Cloud.  I made sure I could save and export from it first.  I also ran the extension manager, just in case, to initialize everything.

After a bit I tried to open existing InDesign documents by double clicking on them.  This method of opening the documents showed the original problem had come back.  I tried opening InDesign from the Windows Start Menu, and couldn't save that way either.  Oddly enough, InDesign CS6 still could save.  That got me thinking about what was different.

The simple solution for me with InDesign CC on Windows was to right click on the InDesign CC launch icons, select properties, click the compatibility tab, click the "Change settings for all users" button, check off the "Run this program as administrator" box, and click OK.  That tells me that the saving problem I've had is clearly a permissions issue with how InDesign CC is installing in Windows 8.1 x64. 

I'm not going to mess with this further, since it's now working even after rebooting, updating, etc., but perhaps someone else having saving issues in Windows could try the simple "run as administrator" solution on their existing installation to see if that fixes the problem without going through all the other stuff I did above.  Please post your results here!

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I just installed the update to Suitcase (16.2.1) and still had the same unable to save issue. I am now rebuilding the document from scratch as i have to replace almost all the linked files anyway. So far the problem has not appeared on the new document.