How to Save Office Documents to This PC by Default

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Microsoft Office wants you to save your documents to online locations like OneDrive or SharePoint. That’s the default in applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Here’s how to change the default save location back Documents or another folder on “This PC.”

These instructions apply to the latest versions of Microsoft Office on Windows 10, whether you have an Office 365 subscription or you purchased a package like Office 2019.

To get started, open an Office application like Microsoft Word if it isn’t already open. Click the “File” menu at the top-left corner of the application’s window.

Opening the File menu in Microsoft Word.

Click the “Options” link at the bottom-left corner of the window. (If you’ve just opened an application like Word and you’re prompted to start a new document from a template or open an existing document, you can just click “Options” immediately without clicking “File” First.)

Opening the Options window in Microsoft Word.

Select the “Save” category on the left side of the window. Under Save documents, enable the “Save to Computer by default” option.

Saving documents to the local computer by default in Microsoft Word.

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