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How to turn off or lengthen time for auto saving draft

I have since been forced to be upgraded automnatically to Outlook.com from Hotmail. The auto saving of draft emails while typing is very very annoying as it is occuring every 30 secs or so which freezes everything when I am typing an email. How do I turn it off or how do I change the auto saving time? Please don't tell me you don't have this function.

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Hi e318,

 

Thank you for posting your issue here in our community.  I will be glad to help you with your issue.

 

We currently don't have the option to change the auto saving timeframe of your drafts.

 

I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts about the look and features of Outlook.com and for your suggestions of new features you think are important to add to the product.

 

You can submit a formal feedback in this link.

 

Regards,

Sergs P.

 

 

 

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I have the same problem - when I'm typing an email it freezes about once a minute while it saves the draft and it's very annoying.

Also, it takes way too long to save the draft, even on a fast connection.

I'm using IE 9.

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Hi Giordano Biondani,

 

Thank you for posting your issue in Microsoft Community.

 

We understand your concern about slow response of saving draft and we will assist you.  Please provide the following information in order to investigate your issues:

  • Does the same issue happen when you access your account through a different browser?
  • Does the same issue happen when you access your account through a different computer? Internet connection?

It is possible that you are experiencing this issue because of your browser. We suggest that you optimize your browser. To optimize your browser, please follow this link:

 

How to Clear Your Browser's Cache

 

If you are using Internet Explorer you may refer to the link provided on how to optimize IE:

 

Is Internet Explorer slow? 5 things to try

 

Kindly let us know the results. Your cooperation and understanding is highly appreciated.

 

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Hi Kim, you may want to read my initial queries and answer at the top which will answer your questions.It is the outlook.com problem. Never experience this during use of hotmail before the auto upgrade to outlook.com

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I have just tested it on my home computer and the problem is not happening - either with IE or Firefox.

 

I will test again the work PC tomorrow.

 

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Hi e318,

 

We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you. As what previous moderator said, we don't have a way to turn off or change the auto saving timeframe of your drafts. Microsoft reviews all the suggestions and feedbacks for product improvement.

 

Your patience and understanding is highly appreciated.

 

@ Giordano Biondani:

 

We'll be waiting for your updates about the issue. Always feel free to post back.

 

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Happens very frequently since "upgrade" to Outlook along with annoying ads, especially could not turn off Bing - so changed to Firefox browser and installed Jacob's add-on, no more ads.  The auto save feature needs a control (enable/disable) and a time setting - perhaps a email change is in order as well - come on get 'er done!

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Yes, I'm having the same problem and it is extremely frustrating! It really puts a damper on writing an email. Please address this issue :)

 

 

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Hi LBH3,

 

I understand that you are having problems for Outlook.com auto saving of your draft emails, let me assist you with your concern.

 

Please be informed that there is no option in removing auto saving of draft emails, this however is not yet available. This could be a feature request for our future updates. I suggest you pass a request in our feedback forum so it can be included for the incoming updates that will be implemented in the future.

Please go to this link to pass a request: Feedback forum

 

I hope this will clarify with your concern and feel free to post back.

 

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NEEDS FIXING!! Frequent auto saving of draft emails while typing occuring every 15 secs or so which freezes everything when I am typing an email.  Although I like the feature of saving email along the way, I am not a fan of the high frequency rate of seconds that it does this.  It is taking me literally 3X longer to type an email out w/ this annoying feature.  Either provide an abilility to stipulate the frequency of time and or make it every 2 or 3 minutes vs seconds.

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