# Prevent Rhino From Deleting Autosaves?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/prevent-rhino-from-deleting-autosaves/102634>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Tags:** autosave, rhino-5\
**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/prevent-rhino-from-deleting-autosaves/102634 "2020-05-22T00:34:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ziiar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/ziiar/32/224530_2.png) [@Ziiar](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Ziiar)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/prevent-rhino-from-deleting-autosaves/102634/1 "2020-05-22T00:34:47Z")

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While working in Rhino I can see it autosaving a copy to my Rhino directory. If I close the program, I am prompted with “save changes to (file name)?”. If I select “No”, the program closes and then deletes my autosave file. Is there any way to prevent Rhino from deleting the file?

This is for Rhino 5 running on Windows 10.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![pascal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/pascal/32/479395_2.png) [@pascal](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/pascal)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/prevent-rhino-from-deleting-autosaves/102634/2 "2020-05-22T02:11:20Z")

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Hello - no - in V6, autosaves go into the Windows recycle bin by default but there is no provision for that in V5.

-Pascal