<![CDATA[.bak file]]>How to disable creation of the .bak file while saving a new file

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18556/bak-fileRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 20:10:05 GMTSat, 30 Nov 2019 07:07:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to .bak file on Sat, 06 May 2023 09:36:44 GMT]]>@Dương-Minh-Hoàng Open Notepad++ and go to Settings=>Preferences=>Backup than select “None” from Backup on save. That’s it

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86189https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86189Sat, 06 May 2023 09:36:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .bak file on Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:14:51 GMT]]>I found this, change the setting in the Backup on save (you can set to None or setting Custom Backup Directory)
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]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/82319https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/82319Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:14:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to .bak file on Sat, 30 Nov 2019 12:28:21 GMT]]>@Gary-MacKenzie

what bak files do you talking about.
The only ones I’m aware of are the ones which do get created if you have
simple aor verbose backups configured.
But these are needed if you want to have this kind of backups.
Settings->Preferences->Backup->Backup on save

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