save button

Click to keep

A save button is a clickable element in software that stores the current state of a file or document.

Traditionally marked with a floppy disk icon—a reference increasingly obscure to younger users who've never seen the physical object.

Hit the save button before you close the window.

The term applies to any interface element that commits changes, whether in apps, games, or web forms.

Related

submit · confirm · store · backup · preserve · data loss · download · upload · checkpoint · autosave · keyboard shortcut · green · checkmark · toolbar · file menu · menu · file · document

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Opposites
data preservation action

save buttoncancel button

Interface element halting operations

clear button · reset button

workflow continuation vs. termination

save buttonclose button

Interface element ending sessions

cancel · abandon

action reversibility

save buttonundo button

Reverses your last action

undo · revert · rollback · redo button

Family

save, button, saves, saved, saving, saver, savers, savings, savable

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G