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Microsoft in its inimitable overbearing bloatological style does it again. Everything looks so glossy and functional but another key function does not work.
Namely, the save function on Excel android. It acts as if it has saved changes but when I visit the same file on computer, or on the cloud of onedrive, the changes have not been saved.
I've done it saving to a drive on the computer and onto onedrive, with autosave on.
I'm logged into my account.
Any idea what the issue is, it's so tiring?
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Answer accepted by question author
Hi Lord,
We have noticed that you responded but no message showing. We would like to know whether the issue you have raised with us is still ongoing? feel free to message me.
Best regards, Jansher
I would just like to add that although the solution was somewhat linked to what you said about permissions, i.e. that the network I was connecting to had flipped to public rather than private and so blocked smb connections, since fixing that the connection is very poor - sometimes the file saves, sometimes it doesn't. Know what I mean? This is quite typical of cloudy based stuff like onedrive as well. . . . sometimes it doesn't know one end of itself from the other. Generally microsoft stuff is flaky, especially around any connected files.
Also, would you kindly let me know how to get completely rid of bloatware Copilot, on windows 11? All the fixes advertised on line do not get rid of it.
Cheers
Answer accepted by question author
Hi Lord,
Thank you for posting your problem, I am here to help you today. insufficient storage space, file corruption, lack of save permissions, or software conflicts.
To fix this problem try this steps: Check your Mobile storage.
Check your Excel access permission on your Android device.
Try to save a copy check if still getting the same error.
Reinstall the Excel application on your Android device and check if it can save or still getting the same problem.
Let me know how this goes. Looking forward to helping you out. If you need more help please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Jansher
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Same problem. I edit the file and it doesn't save.
Work around is to do the drop down to Save, and toggle the Autosave switch Off and On.
One quirk, MS tried to save the file elsewhere, so there's one on This Device and an older one I don't want somewhere in The Cloud.