topic Options when manually saving/discarding edits in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Options when manually saving/discarding edits

Michele — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:51:27 GMT

I quickly searched to see if there was anything already asked about this, but don't see anything. I am running ArcPro 3.6 and was curious if there are plans to change the save/discard edits so you can choose what layers to save/discard in an editing session. Many times I find I may have accidentally edited a layer I didn't want to edit, and I have to discard all of my edits, even though I know the ones in the layer I meant to edit were correct. If we could have a check box to check the layers we want to save when there are multiple layers in the save edits dialog box, it would keep from having to redo everything. I don't like to use autosave on edits in case I need to undo something. It would also keep me from realizing that I edited something I should've have.

Re: Options when manually saving/discarding edits

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:14:35 GMT

In ArcGIS Pro 3.6, Save Edits and Discard Edits apply to all edits made since the last save—there isn’t a built-in option to pick specific layers to save/discard. The dialog can only show where edits exist (click Show edits and review the Layers or Source tab), but it’s not a selectable checklist.

You could author an ArcGIS Pro Idea for this item so it gets some visibility with the ArcGIS Pro development team.

Re: Options when manually saving/discarding edits

Michele — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:59 GMT

Thank you Robert. I was gong to add it to the Ideas, just didn't know if it was potentially coming in 3.7 or in the works.

Re: Options when manually saving/discarding edits

Robert_LeClair — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:49:43 GMT

You're welcome Michele - ArcGIS Pro 3.7 is already out/public - the team is working on 3.8 now.

Re: Options when manually saving/discarding edits

Scott_Harris — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:54:22 GMT

@Michele FYI here are a few suggestions that might prevent unwanted edits:

To protect newly added layers from being edited, turn off the option to 'Make newly added layers editable by default'
Set your Editing session options to Single Workspace to only allow editing of the specified workspace when enabling editing.

References:

https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/help/editing/set-edit-session-options.html
https://doc.esri.com/en/arcgis-pro/latest/help/editing/change-options-for-editing-layers.html