stop auto saving of a duplicate "back-up" copy of document

[Guest]

I want to stop Word from automatically saving a duplicate "back-up" copy of
the document to my Word files. When I open word to retrieve an existing
document I've edited there is a duplicate copy in the file. It is titled
"back-up of........"

Recently I made some changes to my files but don't remember how to undo this.

How do I stop this from happening?

Thanks for your help

 

[Graham Mayor]

If you have never 'accidentally' lost a document, then you are very lucky.
The first time you do so you will be glad of this function. However, you can
turn it off from tools > options > save 'Always create backup copy'. Much
better to occasionally delete the unwanted backups. It's not as though disc
space is expensive these days!

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