# Option to mark modified (unsaved) tabs with an asterisk?

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/option-to-mark-modified-unsaved-tabs-with-an-asterisk/108654>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/option-to-mark-modified-unsaved-tabs-with-an-asterisk/108654 "2025-12-03T08:39:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sunnaq445](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Sunnaq445)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/option-to-mark-modified-unsaved-tabs-with-an-asterisk/108654/4 "2025-12-04T02:04:24Z")

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> [@Disable auto-save or change frequency](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/disable-auto-save-or-change-frequency/14230):
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> Use case or problem Paradoxically the auto-save feature is something that makes it much more likely to lose data than not having auto-save. I’m always anxious when I move text between files, thinking “let’s just hope the app won’t crash now”. After using Obsidian for 2 months, I finally lost a note to this. Instead of hitting Ctrl+X, I hit X, didn’t notice, moved to a new document and I couldn’t paste the data. I go back to the previous file, there’s an ‘x’ in place of the notes, it was auto-sav…

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