Policy

[Deprecated] Don’t AutoSave files in Excel

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 Excel" policy setting instead. This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of Excel after Excel 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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / AutoSave
Policy ID f61d0fa92920
Internal name L_DontAutoSaveInformationExcel

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\dontautosave (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\dontautosave (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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 Excel" policy setting instead. This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of Excel after Excel 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.

Related policies

[Deprecated] Don’t AutoSave files in PowerPoint[Deprecated] Don’t AutoSave files in WordTurn off AutoSave by default in ExcelTurn off AutoSave by default in PowerPointTurn off AutoSave by default in Word