Go back to an earlier version

How versions work

The project saves a version with every change: a request the AI applied, an edit of yours, a restore and, in the visual editor, each publish. Versions are numbered, and the newest one is the current one.

Restoring never deletes anything: the version you pick comes back as a new version at the top of the list. If you change your mind, restore the one you had before. Restoring uses no credits.

In the visual editor

1. 1

   Open the history

   Click the History icon at the top of the chat, press H or choose History in the project menu.

2. 2

   Find the version

   The Version history panel lists versions from newest to oldest, with their source (AI builder, Manual edit, Restored or Published) and date. The newest one shows as Current.

3. 3

   Click Restore

   The site in the editor goes back to that version right away.

In the chat itself, every applied request has a Restore to vN button, which takes the site back to how it was right after that request.

In code mode

1. 1

   Open the History tab

2. 2

   Find the version

   Each one shows its number, its source (Starter, Converted from the template, AI, Edited, Imported, GitHub or Restored), a summary of what changed and the date. The list shows the 50 most recent versions.

3. 3

   Click Restore

   The preview switches to that version.

You can also ask in the chat “go back to version 3”: instead of using the AI, the chat offers a free Restore version 3 button. And right after a change, Undo this change returns to the previous version; see Attachments and context.

The live site

Restoring changes the version you are working on, not the published site. To put the restored version live, publish again. In the visual editor, the publish panel says You have changes that aren't live yet. See Publish.

What about the site's data

In code projects, restoring brings back that version's code. The site's data, such as sign-ups, tasks and orders, doesn't go back with it and stays as it is. If the old version defines a field with a different type from what is already stored in the database, the restore is refused to protect the data.

Compare versions

There is no screen yet to compare two versions side by side. What exists today: in code mode, each AI reply lists the new, changed and deleted files, and the Code tab shows the lines of the last change; in the visual editor, a Plan mode proposal lists the changes before you apply them.

Frequently asked questions