Change Default autosave Interval in JupyterLab
See Python: Tips and Tricks for similar articles.The default autosave interval in JupyterLab is 120 seconds.
You can change this using the %autosave
magic command for an individual notebook like this:

But if you want to change it for all your notebooks, you need to modify the settings.
- From Settings, select Advanced Settings Editor:
- Under User Preferences, add an
autosaveInterval
setting and click the Save icon:
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