[Deprecated] Don't AutoSave files in Word

Important: This policy setting will be removed in a future release and will no longer be supported. Please use the "Turn off AutoSave by default in Word" policy setting instead.

This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of Word after Word has been updated with new features. By default, Auto Saving files is Enabled.

If you enable this policy setting files will not be able to be AutoSaved.

If you disable or don't configure this policy setting files will be able to be AutoSaved.

Note: There are separate policy settings for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word
Value Namedontautosave
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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