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AutoRecover Disabled in Excel 2016 and Cannot Enable
Same problem https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_winother-mso_2007/autosaverecover-location-grayed-out/5b19da04-5ca9-4a29-b3e9-b1b5c539f8e8.
It is a similar issue, but my autosave is not greyed out. My issue is my autorecover is greyed out in the Save section under Excel Options. I think I may have found the issue, which I think is OneDrive. I don't use it because I don't like storing my files in the cloud. I logged off OneDrive on the computer and logged off it in Excel. Afterwards, my autorecover was no longer greyed out. I'm trying to see if it will remain that way. I hope so, as this means my issue is resolved. I don't understand why Microsoft felt this should matter if you are using or logged into OneDrive or not then there is nothing to tell people any of this.
Hi Tyhitia,
In general AutoRecover works independently do you have OneDrive connected or not. It looks like some conflict in your settings if disconnecting of OneDrive solves AutoRecover issue.
