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NotebookSave[notebook]

saves the current version of the specified notebook.

NotebookSave[notebook,"file"]

saves the notebook in the specified file.

NotebookSave[]

saves the current version of the current evaluation notebook in a file.

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NotebookSave

NotebookSave[notebook]

saves the current version of the specified notebook.

NotebookSave[notebook,"file"]

saves the notebook in the specified file.

NotebookSave[]

saves the current version of the current evaluation notebook in a file.

Details and Options

  • notebook must be a NotebookObject expression. "file" should be an absolute pathname.
  • NotebookSave[notebook] saves the notebook in a file whose name is given by the notebook object notebook.
  • NotebookSave writes out the Wolfram Language expression corresponding to the notebook, together with Wolfram Language comments which make it easier for the front end to read the notebook in again.
  • NotebookSave[notebook,"file"] overwrites file without warning if it exists.
  • NotebookSave[notebook,File["file"]] is also supported.
  • If the option setting Interactive->True is given, the front end will prompt the user to select a file name for the notebook.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Save a new document to a specified file:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[{1, 2, 3}];
Wolfram Language code: NotebookSave[nb, FileNameJoin[{$TemporaryDirectory, "savetest.nb"}]]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookClose[nb]

Modify a previously saved document and save it to the same place:

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookOpen[FileNameJoin[{$TemporaryDirectory, "savetest.nb"}]];
Wolfram Language code: NotebookWrite[nb, Cell["0", "Output"]]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookSave[nb]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookClose[nb]

Scope  (1)

If you do not provide a file name for a new notebook, you will be prompted to choose one:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[{"new"}];
Wolfram Language code: NotebookSave[nb]

Options  (1)

Interactive  (1)

Use InteractiveTrue to prompt the user to select a file name for the notebook:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookSave[Interactive -> True]

Applications  (1)

Save the notebook being evaluated:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookSave[EvaluationNotebook[]];
Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookSave, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html (updated 2023).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookSave, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html (updated 2023).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookSave." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2023. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). NotebookSave. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_notebooksave, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookSave}", year="2023", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_notebooksave, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookSave}, year={2023}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookSave.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}