# Unable to save 2024 file v\[Save as older version\]

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unable-to-save-2024-file-v-save-as-older-version/304232>\
**Category:** Pro\
**Tags:** sketchup, advice, modeling\
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unable-to-save-2024-file-v-save-as-older-version/304232 "2024-12-16T13:10:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![TIG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/tig/32/198_2.png) [@TIG](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TIG)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/unable-to-save-2024-file-v-save-as-older-version/304232/2 "2024-12-16T13:16:12Z")

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The decision to remove the ability to save as an earlier version was deliberate.  
I assume it’s to ‘encourage’ you to up grade to the latest version, although recent versions of SketchUp make a new version SKP format that is backwardly compatible.  
There is a Ruby based extension by Dezmo that allows backwardly compatibility saving of your newest SKPs…  
[https://forums.sketchup.com/t/save-to-previous-version/274248/2](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/save-to-previous-version/274248/2)

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