# Turn off auto save

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790>\
**Category:** p5.js\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790 "2018-10-24T02:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sanson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sanson](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sanson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/1 "2018-10-24T02:00:24Z")

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Hello,

A noob question:  
Is there a way to turn off the autosave in the windows downloadable version?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/2 "2018-10-24T20:16:05Z")

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Which Windows downloadable version do you mean – do you mean PDE?

[https://processing.org/download/](https://processing.org/download/)

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**Author:** ![Jarin7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@Jarin7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Jarin7)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/4 "2018-10-24T21:09:23Z")

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I don’t know what do you mean but I downloaded this version:

> **[Gyazo](https://gyazo.com/2f69a2976f63c9069cefdbf2039d6883)**
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**Author:** ![sanson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sanson](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sanson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/5 "2018-10-24T21:12:13Z")

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I’m using P5.JS, the last version  
[https://p5js.org/download/](https://p5js.org/download/)

But I think it’s not a autosave problem.  
The problem is that I’m working with a project, when I use “save as…” to make a new version, P5 create the new project BUT applies the changes in the old project version too.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/6 "2018-10-24T22:39:29Z")

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I’m not sure what Gyazo is. And that is Page Not Found. Does it have anything to do with what software you are doing?

I’m honestly confused – when I download “complete” from p5.js, I am getting the library – some javascript files and an example sketch. What software are you using that has a Save As menu item? Save as menu item **in what**? Your Chrome browser? The p5.js Web Editor? One of the desktop editors from somewhere, or an app, or a particular desktop text editor like Notepad or TextEdit?

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**Author:** ![sanson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@sanson](https://discourse.processing.org/u/sanson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/7 "2018-10-24T23:22:37Z")

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I don’t use Gyazo, another person commented that.

And yes, sorry, I was sure I downloaded my P5 editor from that page. Apparently I downloaded it from Github.  
[https://github.com/processing/p5.js-editor](https://github.com/processing/p5.js-editor)

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/turn-off-auto-save/4790/8 "2018-10-24T23:26:03Z")

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Okay, got it. Well, that hasn’t been updated for two years, and has a big warning on it that says:

> **This editor has been deprecated, we will not be making further releases. We are turning our energy toward a web editor which will be released later this year. For now, we recommend using editors like [Brackets](http://brackets.io/), [Atom](https://atom.io/), [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/3), or [OpenProcessing](https://www.openprocessing.org/).**

…so to avoid your problem it might be better to use the online web editor or one of the options they recommend.

Or patch the source code yourself to fix and recompile!