Change Default autosave Interval in JupyterLab

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The default autosave interval in JupyterLab is 120 seconds. You can change this using the %autosave magic command for an individual notebook like this:

IPython Notebook autosave

But if you want to change it for all your notebooks, you need to modify the settings.

  1. From Settings, select Advanced Settings Editor: Jupyter Advanced Settings Menu
  2. Under User Preferences, add an autosaveInterval setting and click the Save icon: autosaveInterval