Version history
The editor saves your work automatically as you go and keeps a rolling history of recent snapshots, so a mistake or an interrupted session does not cost you your progress.
Quick overview
- The editor saves automatically while you work: a quick save moments after each change, plus a full snapshot roughly every 30 seconds.
- Open Version history from the settings menu to see a timeline of recent snapshots.
- Pick any snapshot to restore it, or delete the ones you do not need.
- If the app reopens after being closed unexpectedly, it offers to restore your last saved state.
Detailed reference
This applies to whichever part you are working on, a page, a scene, a slide deck, or a video timeline, autosave and version history run the same way underneath all of them.
How autosave works
| Trigger | What happens |
|---|---|
| While you edit | A quick save fires shortly after you stop making changes |
| Every 30 seconds | A full snapshot is added to the rolling history |
| Closing or leaving the tab | A save is flushed immediately, so the last moment of edits is not lost |
Browsing and restoring snapshots
Version history lists your recent snapshots newest first, with the current state marked, and pages through them if you have many. Each entry shows a timestamp and two actions:
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
| Restore | Replaces your current canvas with that snapshot's state |
| Delete | Removes that one entry from the list |
The history keeps up to 50 snapshots, capped to roughly 4 MB of total storage so that a project with a lot of embedded media does not fill up your browser's storage, oldest entries are dropped first once that cap is reached. Deleting old snapshots never touches your current work or your latest autosave.
Example: you delete a whole layout by mistake ten minutes into a session, then keep working. Undo can walk back a few steps, but once other changes pile on top, opening version history and restoring the snapshot from before the mistake is often faster and safer than undoing everything since.
What a snapshot contains
Each snapshot captures the same kind of information as a full project file: your pages, their objects and positions, canvas settings, and labels. See Project file and import for the full list, the difference is that a snapshot lives in this browser automatically, instead of being packaged into a file you choose to save.
Recovering after an interruption
If a browser crash, an accidental tab close, or a lost connection interrupts your session, the next time you open the editor it checks for a newer autosave than what is on screen and offers to restore it. Accept the offer to pick up where you left off, or dismiss it to start fresh and stop it from asking again. The offer also disappears on its own after about 15 seconds if you do not respond.
Local history versus saved versions
This rolling history is a safety net stored in your browser, specific to this device. A signed-in project also keeps its own named versions on your account, which you can review and roll back to from its detail view in the workspace. See Where your work lives for how the two relate.
| Local version history | Saved versions | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | This browser only | Your account |
| How you reach it | Settings menu, while editing | The project's detail view in the workspace |
| Survives | Until browser data is cleared | Signing in from any device |
Storage limits
Browser storage has a practical ceiling, and a project with many embedded images approaches it faster than a simple one. If autosave starts failing or slowing down:
- Export a project file to back up your work and lighten what autosave has to track.
- Remove images you no longer use from the design.
- Delete older snapshots you do not need from version history.
Step by step
Undo a mistake from several steps back
- If it is just the last edit or two,
Ctrl + Z(undo) is the fastest fix, that is a separate, in-session history from the version snapshots described on this page. - If several unrelated changes happened since the mistake, open Version history from the settings menu instead.
- Find a snapshot from just before the mistake, timestamps are listed newest first, and click Restore.
- Restoring replaces your current canvas with that snapshot, across every page, not just the one you are viewing.
Create your own restore point before a risky edit
- Click the Save button in the toolbar, not
Ctrl + S, which downloads a project file instead. - If you are signed in, this creates a named version on your account, a deliberate restore point distinct from the automatic rolling history.
- If you are not signed in, it still flushes an immediate local save, standing in as a fresh baseline in the rolling history.
Recover after a crash or an accidental tab close
- Reopen the editor. If a newer autosave exists than what is on screen, a toast appears offering to restore it.
- Click Restore to pick up exactly where you left off, or Dismiss to start fresh and stop it asking again.
- If you do not respond, the offer disappears on its own after about 15 seconds, dismiss it deliberately if you would rather not be asked again this session.
Clean up old snapshots
- Open Version history from the settings menu.
- Delete individual snapshots you do not need with each entry's Delete action, or use Clear all to empty the whole list at once.
- Deleting snapshots never touches your current canvas or your latest autosave, it only shortens the list you can restore from.
Common tasks
| Task | Steps |
|---|---|
| Undo just the last edit or two | Ctrl + Z |
| Go back several unrelated changes at once | Version history, find the timestamp, Restore |
| Mark a point you want to be able to return to | Click Save in the toolbar |
| Get back a session lost to a crash or closed tab | Accept the restore offer toast on reopen |
| Free up local storage on a heavy project | Delete old snapshots, or Clear all |
| Keep a copy that survives clearing browser data | Export a project file |
Troubleshooting
- There are two different Version History screens. The one under the settings menu's gear icon lets you Restore or Delete individual snapshots, that is the one to use for recovering work. A separate, read-only Version History section inside the general Settings screen only lists timestamps and offers a single Clear History action, it cannot restore anything by itself.
- A big deletion does not seem to have autosaved. That is a deliberate safeguard: autosave skips a save that would suddenly wipe out most of your content compared to your last good save, so a stuck or half-loaded canvas cannot silently overwrite real work. To confirm a genuine large deletion, click Save in the toolbar, it will ask you to confirm before recording it.
- "Saved" turned into an error message. If you are signed in and the same project is open in two tabs or devices at once, the app may detect a conflict and stop saving from the older tab, asking you to refresh. A plain connection error shows a temporary message and resolves itself once you are back online.
- Autosave seems to pause for a moment. It briefly pauses during a page switch or a heavy load, such as a large scene or video timeline, then resumes on its own once that settles. This is normal and not a lost save.
- Old snapshots keep disappearing even though you have far fewer than 50. The history is also capped by total size, roughly 4 MB across all snapshots, a project with a lot of embedded media can hit that ceiling before it hits the count limit, oldest entries drop first either way.
Tips
Restore, do not overwrite
If you are unsure about a change, restoring an earlier version is safer than undoing many steps by hand. History keeps your recent states ready to go.
Local to this browser
The rolling history lives in this browser's storage. Clearing browser data, switching browsers, or moving to a new device will not carry it over, export a project file for a backup that travels with you.
Delete is not permanent loss
Deleting a snapshot only removes that one entry from the list. It does not affect your current canvas, and other nearby snapshots usually cover the same stretch of work.
Snapshots are taken of the whole project, not one part at a time, so restoring a snapshot brings back every page as it was at that moment, not just the one you happen to be viewing.