How to Save a Scratch Project (2022)

A step-by-step guide so you can save your project on Scratch

Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: December 13, 2024

This wikiHow will teach you how to save your Scratch project to a local or online drive. The steps are similar in the Windows and macOS clients as well as the web-based version of Scratch.

Things You Should Know

Open Scratch.
Open your project in Scratch.
Click "File > Save Now" or "Save to your computer."

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Open Scratch. You can open the Windows client from the Start Menu, the Mac client that's in the Applications folder, or you can launch the web version from https://scratch.mit.edu and log in.
- If you don't have an account, you won't be able to save your Scratch online. You can make a free account by going to that website and clicking Join.
It's at the top of your screen.

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Your Scratch will save in the folder that your Scratch.exe is located inside. If you don't have a Scratch account or aren't logged in, you won't see the option to Save now.^{[1]
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I followed the rules but it won't save.

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The reason it won't save is because these aren't the actual steps. To actually save the project, click on the 'Save Now' button at the top right. It will automatically save every five minutes anyway.

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