diff --git a/examples/playwright/src/theia-preference-view.ts b/examples/playwright/src/theia-preference-view.ts
index 807f832c4752b..9f8eead9826f3 100644
--- a/examples/playwright/src/theia-preference-view.ts
+++ b/examples/playwright/src/theia-preference-view.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const TheiaSettingsViewData = {
 
 export const PreferenceIds = {
     Editor: {
-        AutoSave: 'editor.autoSave',
+        AutoSave: 'files.autoSave',
         RenderWhitespace: 'editor.renderWhitespace'
     },
     Explorer: {
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ export const PreferenceIds = {
 export const DefaultPreferences = {
     Editor: {
         AutoSave: {
-            On: 'on',
-            Off: 'off'
+            Off: 'off',
+            AfterDelay: 'afterDelay',
+            OnFocusChange: 'onFocusChange',
+            OnWindowChange: 'onWindowChange'
         },
         RenderWhitespace: {
             None: 'none',
diff --git a/examples/playwright/tests/theia-preference-view.test.ts b/examples/playwright/tests/theia-preference-view.test.ts
index 8fe9c3be9f046..1ad892f4bcea0 100644
--- a/examples/playwright/tests/theia-preference-view.test.ts
+++ b/examples/playwright/tests/theia-preference-view.test.ts
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ test.describe('Preference View', () => {
         const preferenceId = PreferenceIds.Editor.RenderWhitespace;
 
         await preferences.resetPreferenceById(preferenceId);
-        expect(await preferences.getOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId)).toBe(DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.None);
+        expect(await preferences.getOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId)).toBe(DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.Selection);
 
         await preferences.setOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId, DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.Boundary);
         await preferences.waitForModified(preferenceId);
         expect(await preferences.getOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId)).toBe(DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.Boundary);
 
         await preferences.resetPreferenceById(preferenceId);
-        expect(await preferences.getOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId)).toBe(DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.None);
+        expect(await preferences.getOptionsPreferenceById(preferenceId)).toBe(DefaultPreferences.Editor.RenderWhitespace.Selection);
     });
 
     test('should throw an error if we try to read, set, or reset a non-existing preference', async () => {
diff --git a/examples/playwright/tests/theia-text-editor.test.ts b/examples/playwright/tests/theia-text-editor.test.ts
index a3f8fffde0791..f2d6833049b64 100644
--- a/examples/playwright/tests/theia-text-editor.test.ts
+++ b/examples/playwright/tests/theia-text-editor.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 // *****************************************************************************
 
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { DefaultPreferences, PreferenceIds, TheiaPreferenceView } from '../src/theia-preference-view';
 import { TheiaApp } from '../src/theia-app';
 import { TheiaTextEditor } from '../src/theia-text-editor';
 import { TheiaWorkspace } from '../src/theia-workspace';
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ test.describe('Theia Text Editor', () => {
     test.beforeAll(async () => {
         const ws = new TheiaWorkspace(['tests/resources/sample-files1']);
         app = await TheiaApp.load(page, ws);
+
+        // set auto-save preference to off
+        const preferenceView = await app.openPreferences(TheiaPreferenceView);
+        await preferenceView.setOptionsPreferenceById(PreferenceIds.Editor.AutoSave, DefaultPreferences.Editor.AutoSave.Off);
+        await preferenceView.close();
     });
 
     test('should be visible and active after opening "sample.txt"', async () => {
@@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ test.describe('Theia Text Editor', () => {
         await sampleTextEditor.saveAndClose();
     });
 
-    test.skip('should close without saving', async () => {
+    test('should close without saving', async () => {
         const sampleTextEditor = await app.openEditor('sample.txt', TheiaTextEditor);
         await sampleTextEditor.replaceLineWithLineNumber('change again', 1);
         expect(await sampleTextEditor.isDirty()).toBe(true);