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I'm using Android Studio version 0.8.2 (on Windows7). It is very annoying that when i change some file it is automatically saved. According to this i have turn off settings like below (in General, but it doesn't work. Is something else to make this work properly ?

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marioosh
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I'm not sure if it is possible to turn autosave off, but you can use Local History when you want to change something back (Right click -> Local History -> Show History).

dzikovskyy
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Turnoff Auto Save

File > Settings > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Synchronization > then uncheck both Save files on frame deactivation and Save files automatically if application is idle > OK

Screenshot- Disable Auto Save

Now, you should do this too.

Mark Changed But Unsaved File

File > Settings > Editor > General > Editor Tabs > then check Mark modified tabs with asterisk > OK

Screenshot- Mark Changed But Unsaved File

Minhas Kamal
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I'm using Android Studio(v135.1740770) in Mac Pro, open below file:

~/Library/Preferences/AndroidStudio/options/ide.general.xml

you will see option for autoSaveFiles, just change its value to false.

<option name="autoSaveFiles" value="false" />

In windows7 same file resides here,

~\.AndroidStudioXXX\config\options\ide.general.xml
Mahendran
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xiaoweiz
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    Hmm...I've got Android Studio 1.3.x, on Windows, and I find the xml file you mention. But, it is (was) already set to false, yet it is still doing the auto-save. WTF... (damn, I HATE this feature, that was NOT present in the beta(s) of AS, but now has become the default behavior in V1.x) – David Sep 03 '15 at 13:10
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The beaviour of "auto-saving" your file is not due to the auto-save options mentioned above.

IJ saves all changes to your build sources to automatically build the target.

This can be turned of in:

Preferences -> Build,Execution,Deployment -> Compiler -> Make project automatically.

Note: now have to initiate the project build manually (e.g. by using an appropriate key-shortcut)

(All other "auto-save" options just fine-tune the build in auto-save behaviour.)

Stefan Hüttemann
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