Where does Jupyter Notebook save files?

Question

So I'm just beginning my programming/coding journey. I've downloaded Anaconda and made a shortcut for Jupyter Notebook on my desktop. I tried using my first file the other day, and I'm not sure where it's being saved to. Also, I basically don't want Jupyter to save any Notebook I do once I close the Notebook, unless I specifically save it myself - I just use it for 'working out' if you like.

Here is the image showing what I mean

Like, where is that untitled.ipynb file being saved? And, how can I adjust my settings in Jupyter Notebook such that these files aren't saved and are discarded automatically so I can use them as I describe just for 'working out'?

Extortionary

Answer 1

By default the ipynb files are stored to your user profile:

C:\Users\yourlogin

How to disable autosave has already been described here:

Turn Off Autosave in IPython Notebook

I don't recommend doing that.

Martins

Why don't you recommend doing that? I just use it for temporary 'working out' a lot of the time so I don't want it saving all those files. Also, do you know where these files are being saved in Spyder? And how to turn it off there? Finally, I just downloaded Anaconda, with these softwares. However when I load up Spyder it says a newer version of it is available, so I updated it through Anaconda - is that okay? Or should I revert to the old version (if so, how would I do that lol?) Thanks! – Extortionary

Answer 2

Type pwd in the notebook you are writing your code and run it (Shift+Enter) and it will give the present working directory in which your .ipynb file is stored.

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