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Every time you make a significant change to a diagram — whether through AI generation, a chat instruction, or a manual edit — Just Flow It automatically saves a version snapshot in the background. You don’t need to remember to save; the history builds itself. When you need to revisit an earlier state of a diagram, the version history panel lets you browse every snapshot, preview what it looked like, and restore it instantly.

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Accessing version history

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Open a diagram

From the My Diagrams dashboard, open the diagram whose history you want to browse.
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Click the history icon

In the editor toolbar, click the History icon (a clock with a counter-clockwise arrow). The version history panel slides open on the right side of the screen, replacing the chat panel.
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Browse snapshots

The panel lists every saved version in reverse chronological order, each labelled with a timestamp and a short description of what changed (for example, “AI generation”, “Chat: added approval step”, or “Manual edit”). Scroll through the list to find the version you’re looking for.
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Preview a version

Click any version in the list to load a read-only preview of that snapshot in the canvas area. The current diagram is not affected — you’re just viewing the past state.
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Restore if needed

If the previewed version is the one you want to return to, click Restore this version. The diagram reverts to that snapshot and a new version entry is added at the top of the history list, recording the restore action.
Restoring a version replaces the current state of your diagram with the selected snapshot. No work is permanently lost — the version you were on before restoring is saved as its own entry in the history list. If you change your mind, open version history again and select that newer entry to get back to where you were.

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What gets saved as a version

Just Flow It creates a new snapshot when you:
  • Generate or regenerate a diagram from a prompt
  • Apply a chat refinement instruction
  • Make and confirm a manual edit (drag, rename, add, or delete elements)
  • Run auto-layout on the diagram
  • Restore a previous version
Minor interactions — like panning or zooming — do not create new snapshots.
Version history is available on Pro and Team plans. If you’re on the Free plan, the history icon is visible in the toolbar but the panel will prompt you to upgrade to access your snapshots.You can upgrade from your account settings.

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Tips for working with version history

Use versions as experiment checkpoints

Before making a large structural change — like restructuring swimlanes or asking the AI to rebuild a section — note your current version timestamp. If the result isn’t what you wanted, you can jump straight back to that checkpoint from the history panel.

Add context with version names

On Pro and Team plans you can rename any version snapshot by clicking the pencil icon next to its timestamp. Giving key versions meaningful names (like “Approved by stakeholders — 2024-Q2”) makes them much easier to find later.

Team plan: see who made each change

On the Team plan, every version entry shows the avatar and name of the team member who made the change, making it easy to trace the history of collaborative edits.

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Frequently asked questions

On the Pro plan, snapshots are retained for 90 days. On the Team plan, snapshots are retained for 365 days. Versions older than the retention window are automatically removed, starting with the oldest.
There is no hard cap on the number of snapshots per diagram within your retention window. Very active diagrams with hundreds of edits will accumulate many versions, all browsable from the history panel.
Yes. While previewing a version, click the Export button in the toolbar to download that snapshot as a BPMN 2.0 XML file or PNG image — the same export options available for the current diagram.