This isn't autorecovery that's making the backups.

When you do a SaveAs, you can click on:
Tools|General Options|and uncheck the "always create backup" checkbox.

This is a workbook setting. So you'll have to do this to each workbook that
creates backups.

KLB wrote:

I've unchecked "Save Autorecover information" under Office Button Excel
Options Save, but still Excel is creating a backup copy of *.xlsx files in
the same directory as the original (NOT in the directory I've indicated for
autorecovery files). How can I make it stop?

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Dave Peterson