Make backup (bak) file creation optional

[michael_team]

The bak file that is automatically created (and re-created if deleted) really clutters up our folders.

Please allow us to either turn it off, or specify a different location to hold our back up files.

Thanks

[aparobson]

Sometimes when I'm writing a lot of data to multiple sheets in Excel, the flow stops because it's unable to create a backup file because it's still saving the backup from the previous tab. This is really annoying so being able to turn this feature off to help ensure a flow doesn't quit unexpectedly is critical. I use batch files to remove them at the end of a flow, but that doesn't resolve this issue. Please Alteryx team, add this feature.

[JohnHu]

This would be very helpful if Alteryx could clean up it's own files. They just remain there until they are manually deleted. This topic has been under review for 10 years. Any way we can get some update one it?

[Lada_R]

The issue still persists even in 2025.1.2.79 version with using control containers.

Unwanted backup in Excel output breaks the flow while writing to several Excel tab. Please give us possibility to opt-out of this backup.