Save the Project

  1. While NVivo will ask you to save your project every 15 minutes, when you are done working on a project it is important to remember to save manually. From the File Menu, select Save to save the current project.

    Red box around the file menu.

    In the file menu, red box around Save.

  2. You can also save a project by clicking on the floppy disk icon on the top right of the menu bar, or pressing CTRL+S on your keyboard.

    Save button is highlighted

  3. Finally, you can close a project to return to the NVivo main screen. Once your project is saved, go back to the File Menu and select Close.

    In the file menu, red box around Close.

Technique: Qualitative Data Analysis | Tools: NVivo

First created: November 20, 2023
Last updated: May 12, 2026

Tutorial maintained by Kelly Schultz.

Tutorial created by Kelly Schultz.

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