How to Turn off automatic saving on web storm
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I am developing with meteor and Webstorm, being that meteor automatically updates the browser and Webstorm saves after you stop typing. It gets annoying. I checked my preferences and I can see that I have 'save automatically' unchecked. How do I completely stop the auto save feature in web storm ?
Editor Solutions
Solution 1 - Editor
Automatic save can be disabled using the following options:
> File | Settings | Appearance & Behavior | System Settings > Uncheck these boxes below: > > - Save files on frame deactivation > - Save files automatically if application is idle for...
Be aware that File Watchers feature may override this behavior for the specific file types (if enabled).
Save will also occur automatically on certain actions (running a configuration, IDE quit, project close, etc).
You may want to enable the option to mark modified files with *
.
Solution 2 - Editor
It seems there is no way to make Webstorm 9 behaving like a standard text editor.
The closer you can get is:
- Settings / Appearance & Behavior / System Settings / Save file on frame deactivation: unchecked
- Settings / Appearance & Behavior / System Settings / Save files automatically if...: unchecked
- Settings / Editor / General / Editor tabs / Mark modified tabs with asterisk : checked
The resulting behavior is:
- Changes are not automatically saved in the file
- If you close a changed file, no warning is displayed
- If you close a changed file then reopen it, changes have not been lost
See also this discussion: http://www.dotmana.com/weblog/2012/07/disable-auto-save-in-phpstorm/
Solution 3 - Editor
For Webstorm version 2018.2 Build #WS-182.3684.70, built on July 20, 2018
GOTO => Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> Uncheck 'Save files on frame deactivation' and also Uncheck the next option
This will stop automatic save
If you want some kind of distinguishing factor to know if the file has been modified then do the following :
GOTO => Settings -> Editor -> General -> Editor Tabs -> Check 'Mark modified (*)
Solution 4 - Editor
In WebStorm 10, autosave settings are here: File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | System Settings
Solution 5 - Editor
MacOS WebStorm 2016.2: menu> Webstorm> Preferences> Apppearance&Behavior> SystemSettings> Right panel: Synchronization> And uncheck:
> Save files on frame deactivation > > Save files automatically if application is idle for...
Solution 6 - Editor
Disable 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
Now, you may want to do this too.
Mark Changed But Unsaved File
> File
> Settings
> Editor
> General
> Editor Tabs
> then check Mark modified tabs with asterisk
> OK
Save One File with Ctrl+S
> File
> Settings
> Keymap
> search with save document > right click Save Document
> Add Keyboard Shortcut
> press Ctrl+S> OK
> Remove
> OK
Solution 7 - Editor
Only works prior to 2022.
I am running Node.js
so I had to uncheck Update Node.js application on changes
.
There is also a Update application in Chrome on changes
.
> Got to "Build, Execution, Deployment" > Debugger > Live Edit
Solution 8 - Editor
In web storm 2017.3.4 File->Setting->System Setting->Syncronization unchecked all check boxes then apply and ok .
Solution 9 - Editor
For anyone using Flow type checking in their code, in addition to the above answers, there is a separate auto-save setting for JS Flow files in WebStorm.
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Go to Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > JavaScript
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If your JavaScript language version is set to Flow, there will be a setting to Save all modified files automatically. Uncheck this.