Templates & versions
Version history
Every design goes through dozens of small decisions, and sometimes the version from ten minutes ago was the right one. Version history keeps a list of point-in-time snapshots so you can roll back to any of them — a safety net that lets you experiment without fear of losing good work.
What version history is
Version history — "Restore an earlier version of this design." — is a running list of snapshots of your design, newest first. History is stored locally on your device first, so it works even before you sign in. If you're signed in and your design is saved, you can also push individual snapshots to the server so they travel with the design.
Open the panel
Click the clock icon in the editor toolbar (its tooltip reads Version history) to open the panel. Each row shows a thumbnail of that version, a kind badge, an optional name, and a relative time — just now, 5m ago, 3h ago, or a date for older ones.
The three kinds of snapshot
Not every snapshot is one you took by hand. The badge on each row tells you where it came from:
| Kind | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Snapshot | A manual save point you created. Always kept. |
| Agent step | Captured automatically before an Assistant edit, so you can rewind an AI turn. |
| Auto-save | A safety snapshot the app takes before a risky action, like a restore. |
Agent step snapshots are what make AI edits reversible — if a prompt takes the design somewhere you didn't want, restore the step from just before it. That pairs naturally with Auto-review the result, which helps you judge each turn.
Create a snapshot
Click New snapshot to capture the current state of the design. You'll be prompted to Name this snapshot — it defaults to the current date and time, so you can just accept it or type something memorable like "before redesigning the header".
Manual snapshots get a thumbnail and are kept indefinitely (pinned by default), so they never get pruned. If you click New snapshot twice with nothing changed in between, the identical capture is de-duplicated rather than cluttering the list.
Restore a version
Hover any row and click Restore. You'll be asked to confirm:
Restore this version? The current design will be replaced. A safety snapshot is taken first, so you can undo this.
That safety snapshot is the important part. Before it swaps versions, the app takes an Auto-save snapshot of what's currently on the Canvas — so the restore itself is reversible. If you restore the wrong version, just restore that Auto-save to get back.
Keep, rename and delete
Each row carries a few housekeeping actions on hover:
- Keep / Stop keeping — a bookmark toggle that pins a snapshot. Kept snapshots are exempt from automatic pruning; unkept ones are thinned out over time.
- Rename — re-label a snapshot at any time.
- Delete — permanently remove a snapshot. This permanently removes the snapshot from your local history, so it can't be undone.
Save a version to the server
For a design that's already saved to your account, manual snapshots show a Save to server action (a cloud-up icon). Click it to upload that version; once it's stored, the row shows a green Saved to server cloud.
Saving to the server makes a version portable across devices — any local images in that snapshot are uploaded and rewritten to CDN links, so the full state travels with it. This requires the design to be saved first; see Signing in, saving & My designs.
Tip: local history lives only in the browser you're working in. Push the versions you'd hate to lose to the server so they survive a cleared cache or a switch to another machine.
Retention and limits
Version history is designed to stay useful without growing forever. Recent snapshots are all kept; older ones are gradually thinned — roughly down to one per hour, then one per day — and there are count and size caps per design. The one rule that never bends: kept (pinned) snapshots are never pruned. Manual snapshots are pinned automatically, so anything you deliberately saved sticks around.
Version history vs autosave
Version history is for deliberate save points you name and choose to keep. Separately, the editor quietly autosaves a single working draft so a reload or crash won't lose your in-progress work — that's covered in Drafts & autosave recovery. Use both: the draft catches accidents, and snapshots let you travel back on purpose.
Where to go next
Learn how the always-on working draft protects you in Drafts & autosave recovery, or make your saved versions portable by signing in and saving.