Change Excel Autosave Settings To Local PC

tomohawk · #1 01-16-2025, 08:26 AM

It appears the last update to my Excel365 has added CoPilot.

When I try to open CoPilot, I get a warning that Autosave is switched off and that CoPilot requires it to be switched on. When I select to switch it on, the only location available is OneDrive.

Is it possible to change this to a location locally on my PC?

I have tried the standard instructions below, but it does not work.

File > Options > Save, you can check “Save to Computer by default” and set “Default local file location” to the desired location.

Logit · #2 01-17-2025, 03:44 AM

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May Shi MSFT
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Replied on February 8, 2022
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ReplyIn reply to Dimitri Goimbault's post on February 7, 2022
Hi Dimitri Goimbault,

Thank you for the reply and the information.

According to this article: What is AutoSave? (microsoft.com)

We noticed that AutoSave appears in the upper-left corner, on the title bar, if you are an Microsoft 365 subscriber, and you have the latest versions of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Windows installed.

Considering that you are not using Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, I am afraid it is a default behaviour for Office 2021.

I understand your feelings and the inconvenience caused to you. However, I am sorry that I can’t find any other out of box suggestions to work around this question.

To address your concerns, I would suggest you send feedback with in Feedback · Community (microsoft.com)

Since it is the quickest route to get your comments to the related programming developers’ ears. They read customer feedback daily.

Thank you for your understanding and efforts.

Best Regards,

May

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tomohawk · #3 01-17-2025, 06:20 AM

Thanks May

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