Policy

[Deprecated] Don’t AutoSave files in PowerPoint

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 PowerPoint" policy setting instead. This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of PowerPoint after PowerPoint 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 cfeefe71e75c
Internal name L_DontAutoSaveInformationPowerPoint

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\dontautosave (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\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 PowerPoint" policy setting instead. This policy setting controls whether files can be AutoSaved in the desktop version of PowerPoint after PowerPoint 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 Excel[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