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url: https://flip-chart.ru/knowledge-base/en/flip-history.md
description: >-
  The “History” panel shows who created, changed or deleted objects on a flip
  and when. You can filter entries by members and period, jump to an object and
  restore deleted objects
---

# Flip change history

When several people work on a flip, it can be hard to tell who deleted a sticker or moved the shapes. The “History” panel shows changes on the flip by day and by author: you can find the action you need, jump to the object and bring back what was deleted

## How to open the history

1. On the panel in the top left corner of the flip, click “More”
2. Select “History” — a panel with change entries opens on the right

   ![The “History” item in the “More” menu](/images/kb/flip-history/1.png)

To close the panel, click the cross in its header, press Esc or select “History” in the “More” menu again

## What the history shows

Entries are grouped by day: “Today”, “Yesterday”, and earlier days by date. Within a day, consecutive actions of one member are collected under their name and avatar. Actions of users without an account are labeled “Guest”

Each entry shows the action, the object and the time, for example “Deletion · Sticker” or “Update · 3 elements”. Besides creation, updates and deletion, the history also shows composite actions: “Branch added” in a mind map, “Cells pasted” in a table, “Added to frame”, “Undo” and others. If the object has text, a fragment of it is shown under the entry — hover over it to see the full text

![The “History” panel with today's entries](/images/kb/flip-history/2.png)

Click an entry — the flip moves to the object and selects it. Deletion entries can't be clicked. If the object is no longer on the flip, you'll see the message “The object was not found or is unavailable”

More entries load as you scroll the list. To see changes made after you opened the panel, click the refresh icon to the right of the “Filters” button — hovering over it shows the “Refresh” tooltip

If there have been no changes on the flip yet, the panel shows the message “No history yet”

## How to filter the history

1. Click “Filters” above the list of entries

2. Choose whose actions to show:

   * “All” — actions of all members
   * “Only mine” — only your actions
   * “Select users” — hover over the item and select members in the list. You can find a person by name in the “User name” field. Selected members are shown at the top of the list, and you can remove a member with the cross next to their name

   ![Selecting members in the history filter](/images/kb/flip-history/3.png)

3. To change the period, hover over the “Period” item and select “Today”, “Yesterday”, “7 days”, “14 days” or “30 days”. By default, changes for 30 days are shown

While the filter differs from the default settings, a colored dot is shown on the “Filters” button. If nothing matches the filter, the panel shows the message “Nothing found :(” — change the members or the period

## How to restore an object from the history

1. Find the entry you need in the history, for example about deleting an object
2. Click the restore icon to the right of the entry — hovering over it shows the “Restore” tooltip

   ![The “Restore” button next to a deletion entry](/images/kb/flip-history/4.png)

The objects return to the flip, the flip moves to them and selects them, and the entry disappears from the list. Not every entry has the restore icon — only the ones that can be restored

::: warning Important
If an entry can't be restored, you'll see a message with the reason: “Restore is unavailable: the board version is too old”, “Not enough permissions to restore” or “No connection. Please try again later”
:::

## Requirements

* The history is visible to space members who have access to the flip, as well as to the flip owner and the space owner. Guests without an account can't see the history
* The flip owner, the space owner and members who can edit the flip can restore objects

## Limitations

::: warning Plan limits
On the Mini plan, the filter offers the “Today”, “Yesterday” and “7 days” periods, and changes for 7 days are shown by default. The “Activity retention” block is shown above the list of entries — to keep the history for up to 30 days, click “Upgrade plan” in it
:::

* The history isn't available on phones — neither in the browser nor in the mobile app
* Flips embedded on a website have no history
* On flips that open in view-only mode because of plan limitations, you can view the history but can't restore objects