If you are stuck or need some help, comment below and I will try to help as much as possible. It is that simple to enable autosave in Excel. For whatever reason, Microsoft chose not to implement the autosave feature in other versions of Office. If you are using any other version, like Office 2013, 2016, 2019, etc., you will not see the autosave option. The autosave option is only available for Office 365 users. From now on, the excel files will be automatically saved to OneDrive in real-time. Here, select the “AutoSave OneDrive and SharePoint online files by default on Excel” checkbox and then click on the “Ok” button. In the “Options” window, select the “Save” tab on the sidebar. From the File menu, select “Options” from the sidebar. After that, click on the “File” option on the Ribbon menu. With that, autosave is fully enabled in Excel.įirst, open an Excel file of your choice.
If you forgot to save the file, you might lose precious data in the event of an application or system crash.Īfter all these years, Microsoft finally implemented the AutoSave feature in the newest version of Excel. Though not a big deal for most, constantly pressing the Ctrl + S shortcut can be a pain in the back at times. Without an autosave feature, you have to remember to constantly save the file. In fact, I’ve seen support treads dating as far back as a decade. Excel users have been asking for the autosave feature for a long time now. As good and feature-rich as Excel is, there is one important feature missing for all these years.