How to Turn off automatic saving on web storm

Question

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 ?

Answer 1

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 *.

Answer 2

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/

Answer 3

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

System Settings -> Uncheck 'Save files on frame deactivation'">

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 (*)

Answer 4

In WebStorm 10, autosave settings are here: File | Settings | Appearance and Behavior | System Settings

Answer 5

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...

Answer 6

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

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_{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

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

In web storm 2017.3.4 File->Setting->System Setting->Syncronization unchecked all check boxes then apply and ok .

screen shot on setting

Answer 9

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.

1. Go to Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > JavaScript

2. If your JavaScript language version is set to Flow, there will be a setting to Save all modified files automatically. Uncheck this.