# Workflow settings options

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751 "2024-03-01T12:48:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jos\_van\_Uden](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jos_van_uden/32/22813_2.png) [@Jos\_van\_Uden](https://community.n8n.io/u/Jos_van_Uden)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751/1 "2024-03-01T12:48:44Z")

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Hi,

I have a question about workflow settings, and the dropdown for “Save successful production executions:”. It offers the options: “default save”, “save” and “do not save”.

What is the difference between “default save” and “save”?

Regards,

Jos

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**Author:** ![n8n](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/n8n/32/196425_2.png) [@n8n](https://community.n8n.io/u/n8n)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751/2 "2024-03-01T12:48:45Z")

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

- **n8n version:**
- **Database (default: SQLite):**
- **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**
- **Operating system:**

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/bartv/32/156374_2.png) [@bartv](https://community.n8n.io/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751/3 "2024-03-04T08:37:06Z")

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Hey Jos! (hoi!)

This default value refers to the [defaults you have set in your n8n configuration](https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/scaling/execution-data/):

```auto
# npm
# Save executions ending in errors
export EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_ON_ERROR=all

# Save successful executions
export EXECUTIONS_DATA_SAVE_ON_SUCCESS=all

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/workflow-settings-options/41751/4 "2024-03-11T08:37:13Z")

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Closed on March 11, 2024, 8:37am UTC

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