How To Disable Save changes to the Adobe Photoshop document before closing? Dialogue

[MikeLondon22]

Hello, Is there a way do disable following dialgogue when closing an opened document (not quitting photoshop) in photoshop 2022? Please see attached screenshot.

[Sahil.Chawla]

Hi there,

This is as designed and cannot be disabled. Photoshop will always ask to save a file if it's not already saved and you close it after making changes.

Regards,
Sahil

[MikeLondon22]

Yes, that's understood that it is desgined in that way and that under normal circumstances we don't need to override it. 

I want to know if there is hack/workaround to disable it temporarily?

[D Fosse]

Generally, if this was possible, there would be a flood of "Adobe ruined my work".

As r-bin says, make an action to close without saving and assign a shortcut to it.

[r-bin · Accepted solution]

To the script or action that closes the document without saving,

assign the combination ctrl+w (for windows) and enjoy : )

[mark@headTrix]

Command +W doesnt bypass the save changes dialogue. But you could create an ACTION using Command +W TO close the window and selecting "Don't Save" then you can assign a keyboard shortcut to the action and VOILA! Like Magic!

Hope this helps!

Merry Christmas!
mark

[MikeLondon22]

Sound good workaround, now I gotta find ACTION script....

[mark@headTrix · Accepted solution]

You make it yourself. Go to Window>Actions to open the actions panel.

Then you can create a New Folder for YOUR specific new set of actions. 
Then click the little "+" at the bottom of the actions panel to create a NEW ACTION.
Name it and choose a Keyboard Shortcut to use. Then just make sure you have a file open, with something changed (use a brush, add a layer... anything) then press record, then Press Command+W (Control +W on PC) then click "Don't save" then stop the recording on your Action. 

Then you can open a new file, make a quick change, and try out your new Action with the keyboard shortcut you chose!

Hope that helps.

mark

[MikeLondon22]

Thanks Mark didn't realize thare was something called Action thingy. It opened up a pandora box for me 😉

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Thanks Mark didn't realize thare was something called Action thingy. It opened up a pandora box for me 😉

By @MikeLondon22

If you didn't know about the automation options, either actions or scripting, then you have a whole new world to explore!

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/actions-actions-panel.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-actions.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/scripting.html

[mark@headTrix]

Happy to hear it was helpful Ajay! 

Happy Holidays!
mark

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

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mark@headTrix wrote:

Command +W doesnt bypass the save changes dialogue. But you could create an ACTION

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Mark, please re-read r-bin's post, I have bolded to make it more obvious, this is exactly what r-bin was suggesting:

To the script or action that closes the document without saving,

assign the combination ctrl+w (for windows) and enjoy : )

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

With a script and a custom keyboard shortcut, one has more flexible keyboard shortcuts than are available to action F-key shortcuts.

// Close without saving, no prompt
var idclose = stringIDToTypeID( "close" );
    var desc361 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idsaving = stringIDToTypeID( "saving" );
    var idyesNo = stringIDToTypeID( "yesNo" );
    var idno = stringIDToTypeID( "no" );
    desc361.putEnumerated( idsaving, idyesNo, idno );
    var iddocumentID = stringIDToTypeID( "documentID" );
    desc361.putInteger( iddocumentID, 289 );
    var idforceNotify = stringIDToTypeID( "forceNotify" );
    desc361.putBoolean( idforceNotify, true );
executeAction( idclose, desc361, DialogModes.NO );

or

// Close without saving, no prompt
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

[mark@headTrix]

oh yeah that makes it easy, huh? This chat. arleady had 2 correct answers and was happy to learn about Actions. Not sure why you decided to post 3 more posts.... seems like they could have been better spent aiding another user.