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Remove auto save

Sometimes I open files just to copy assets to another file, and move things around. I don't undo that coz sometimes I move stuff without even being aware. But when I close XD it doesn't even ask if I want to save changes. It automatically saves changes I didn't intend to save. It's very frustrating. Please give option to disable automatic save. If it automatically saves a copy on crash it's understandable, but this saves the main file. All unintended changes get saved.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The performance hit seems to be a big issue for a lot of people.
    In my case, I'm usually just changing opacity of foreground elements to export backgrounds. My edits should NOT be creating new revisions that can potentially interrupt or mess up the designers who are also actively working on other parts of the document. A quick toggle for a read-only mode shouldn't be rocket science to implement.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Which idiot's brain got the idea of auto-save? My Adobe xd is freeze even I open new document.

  • LG commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please let us control when we do want to save! It's frustrating...

  • Jade commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Why after three years has this not been fixed! It's so frustrating trying to work and having xd freeze on you while you are still making changes. I really want to use this product over Figma, but they don't have this issue.

  • Anna commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Pllllleassee fix this I’m begging. I can’t get anything done

  • juan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    please adobe! you have to improve a lot on the auto-saving or allow users to remove it, is a kind of a nightmare and I waste a lot of time just trying to move an element or even doing zoom-in zoom-out... and my MacBook is a new version recently bought it, so don't try to say that "must be my MacBook"

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Especially for mobile developers (e.g. android, iOS) who need to export icons, backgrounds etc from XD, it is often necessary to delete other elements (text and buttons on top of the intended image for export). Mobile developers should rarely have a reason to update a shared design spec document so being able to disable autosave is crucial for the intended role XD is intended to serve in development pipelines.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed, in many cases you are just experimenting with particular changes that you very well may abandon. The auto save feature makes this very difficult.

  • GG commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed. Please remove it or allow users the control in "save"time periods.

  • Jon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a terrible UX feature - I've just lost a whole afternoons work because of it.

    Firstly, I saved as a cloud document when I began working.

    Adobe decided to autosave WHILE I was saving as a new document, having just deleted the content of my page to start a new piece of work. This meant that my first piece of work was saved over before I'd clicked 'save as' - SO I'VE LOST EVERYTHING.

    SORT. IT. OUT.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    On a shared project, auto save makes designers' lives impossible. I want to decide if and when to commit changes.

  • Ravi Dikshit commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Either remove this Auto save feature, or give us the control to enable/disable it. or a place where we can set the interval of it. This feature (Autosave in XD) is designer killer.

  • Michael commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed. This is a poor UX decision. Most competent designers are used to saving frequently. By taking away control from the user, you are dictating how they work and interrupt the decision-making process. I cannot see a sound business advantage in this decision. As a long time user of your products, I look forward to the day when all of your programs behave in the same general way.

  • Sam B commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    When working with large files, the autosave overloads RAM and causes the program to run EXTREMELY slow. Please allow us to turn off autosave.

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