is an option for notebooks that specifies whether a notebook can be saved.
Saveable
is an option for notebooks that specifies whether a notebook can be saved.
Details
- With the setting Saveable->False, a notebook cannot be saved using File ▶ Save or the equivalent keyboard shortcut. Notebooks can still be saved using File ▶ Save As.
- Notebooks with SaveableFalse will never be considered "dirty". Closing such notebooks will never prompt for saving, even if there are local changes or the notebook has never been saved. The title bar of such notebook windows will never display the system convention for dirty documents, such as a * in the title bar text or a dimmed document icon.
- The default setting is Saveable->True.
- The Saveable setting does not affect the operation of NotebookSave.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Creating and editing a notebook shows a dirty condition, meaning that closing it will prompt for saving:
CreateDocument[{}]Use SaveableFalse to prevent the dirty condition:
CreateDocument[{}, Saveable -> False]History
Introduced in 2003 (5.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (2003), Saveable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Saveable.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2003. "Saveable." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Saveable.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2003). Saveable. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Saveable.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_saveable, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Saveable}", year="2003", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Saveable.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_saveable, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Saveable}, year={2003}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Saveable.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}