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(efaq)Disabling auto-save-mode

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How do I disable `auto-save-mode'?
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   You probably don't want to do this, since auto-saving is useful,
especially when Emacs or your computer crashes while you are editing a
document.

   Instead, you might want to change the variable `auto-save-interval',
which specifies how many keystrokes Emacs waits before auto-saving.
Increasing this value forces Emacs to wait longer between auto-saves,
which might annoy you less.

   You might also want to look into Sebastian Kremer's `auto-save'
package, available from the Lisp Code Archive (Note: Packages that do
not come with Emacs).  This package also allows you to place all
auto-save files in one directory, such as `/tmp'.

   To disable or change how `auto-save-mode' works, Note: (emacs)Auto
Save.