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How To Turn Off AutoSave Sync

Steps to disable the AutoSave and sync feature in Foxit PDF Editor.

Answer

Support for Foxit PDF Editor v11 and v12 has been discontinued as of August 13, 2025. Upgrade to v14 to continue receiving support.

 

*This will turn off autosave which will also turn off the autosave sync, which will prevent any .tmp files to sync with the application in the event of application crashing before any recent saving

 

In Foxit PDF Editor:

Navigate to File> Preferences

 

Within Documents Section, uncheck the "Automatically Save" box

*May need to relaunch App for changes to take effect

 

In Registry Editor:

*first make sure the Foxit Software is closed

Launch Registry Editor

 

Navigate to HKEY_USERS\SSID\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 11.0\Preferences\Documents\AutoSaveDocs

 

 

Double-click the string named bAutoSaveDocsEnabled

 

Change string value from 1 to 0

 

Click "OK" and relaunch Application