---
title: "Auto save PDF annotation in React Native | Nutrient"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/annotations/save/auto-save/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/react-native/annotations/save/auto-save.md"
last_updated: "2026-06-18T07:25:36.548Z"
description: "Discover how PSPDFKit automatically saves document changes and learn to disable this feature with simple code examples. Optimize your PDF workflow today!"
---

# Auto save annotations in React Native

PSPDFKit will automatically save changed, created, or deleted annotations to a document on several occasions. In practice, this means that automatic saving will be performed when:

- The application goes into the background

- A configuration change occurs (for example, change of device orientation, change of locale, added keyboard)

- The [`NutrientView`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/react-native/NutrientView.html) is fully covered by another `View`

- The document on the [`NutrientView`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/react-native/NutrientView.html) is changed

- A document will be digitally signed

Each time the document is saved, the `onDocumentSaved()` event is called:

```js

onDocumentSaved={(event) => {
  alert("Document was saved!");
}}

```

If there were no new changes to save, the event won’t be called.

## Disable automatic saving

To disable automatic saving, set the `disableAutomaticSaving` property to `true` in the configuration object, like so:

```js

<NutrientView
	document={DOCUMENT}
	configuration={{
		disableAutomaticSaving: true,
	}}
	ref={this.pdfRef}
	fragmentTag="PDF1"
/>

```
---

## Related pages

- [Manually save annotations in React Native](/guides/react-native/annotations/save/manual-save.md)
- [Embed annotations in a PDF file on React Native](/guides/react-native/annotations/save/embed-into-pdf.md)
- [Customize annotation saving permissions in React Native](/guides/react-native/annotations/save/saving-permissions.md)