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# Saving a PDF file on Android

Edited or newly created PDFs can be saved to a device’s local storage, custom data provider, a remote server, and more. The save operation is performed entirely in the client (no server is required).

## Key capabilities

- **Local storage or remote URL** — Save PDF files to any location

- **Incremental saving** — Improve performance when saving large PDFs

- **Auto save** — Automatically save edits to the file

- **Client-side** — Save PDFs directly in the app (no server needed)

- **Extendable** — Add annotation, signing, editing, forms, and more

## Guides for saving a document

**[Save a document to local storage](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/save-a-document/to-local-storage.md)**

How to save a document to local storage

**[Save a document to a remote server](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/save-a-document/to-remote-server.md)**

How to save a document to a remote server

**[Save a document to Document Engine](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/save-a-document/to-document-engine.md)**

How to save a document to the optional Document Engine

**[Save a document to a custom data provider](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/save-a-document/to-custom-data-provider.md)**

How to save a document to your own custom data provider

**[Incremental saving](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/faq/growing-pdf-file-size.md)**

How to append changes to the end of a PDF instead of rewriting

**[Auto save](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/features/document-checkpointing.md)**

How to configure the way changes are automatically saved

**[Save as](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/save-a-document/save-as.md)**

How to save a document as a new file

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## Related pages

- [Auto saving PDF files on Android](/guides/android/features/document-checkpointing.md)
- [Incremental PDF saving on Android](/guides/android/faq/growing-pdf-file-size.md)
- [How to save documents as PDFs on Android](/guides/android/save-a-document/save-as.md)
- [Save PDFs to a custom data provider on Android](/guides/android/save-a-document/to-custom-data-provider.md)
- [Save PDFs to Document Engine on Android](/guides/android/save-a-document/to-document-engine.md)
- [Save PDFs to a remote server on Android](/guides/android/save-a-document/to-remote-server.md)
- [Save PDFs to local storage on Android](/guides/android/save-a-document/to-local-storage.md)