i have tried everything and read every single thing that there is about incremental version files but i still dont know how get rid of it ಥ_ಥ i tried just going to the file settings and disable backup files but even after doing that it keeps making them.
i have been using krita for 2 years and its been doing this for 6 months (maybe more) and i don’t remember enabling anything or changing the settings.
anyways sorry if this has any spelling or grammar mistakes my first language isn’t english
Hello @Daniiiiii, and welcome to the forum!
If we talk about the same thing and if you like living on the edge¹, you can disable it probably under Settings → Configure Krita → General in the tab File Handling²:
Create a Backup File on SavingDisable this setting/remove checkmarkBackup File Location Same Folder as Original FileNo change neededBackup File Suffix: ~No change neededNumber of Backup Files Kept:Set this to 0
The thing is that you are talking about “incremental version files” being automatically created, perhaps you also mean the very similar seeming option “incremental backup files”, both are creatable via Krita’s File menu, but those are NOT automatically created, Krita can’t do this, they are created through user actions, this means through you selecting that option from the file menu or using their shortcuts:
File → Save Incremental Backup F4
or
File → Save Incremental Version CTRL ALT S.
If these files really should be created via their shortcuts, so disabling the above-mentioned option has NOT fixed your problem, then you perhaps may be using a chat client from Tencent, so WeChat or QQ, because these apps are known to interfere with a lot of applications, sending or blocking keystrokes and other things, since they are very badly coded apps (and it is said that they are sharing everything with the government of this red-flag nation (spyware!)). If other chat applications from there are also problematic in regard to unwanted keystrokes is not known to me, but it is to expect that they will “offer” at least this curious part that shares your inputs with that government.
Michelist
¹ I would hold these files at least for the time you are working on a project, then you have at least the bare minimum chance to not lose everything of the project you are working on in the case of a crash.
² By the way, I’ve this always enabled and set it to hold at least 6 backups under Number of Backup Files Kept:. Additionally, I’m creating at least 4 Incremental Backups per hour via the shortcut Save Incremental Backup F4 while working on a project. This ensures me having backups should Krita crash, and if I should run out of disk space, I can always drop most of them but hold the newest three or four files. I’m doing this, because you never know if a software crashes, and although Krita being rock solid for me, I always have this good feeling that if should something go wrong I’m falling in a comfortable cushion of backups that save my buttocks!