# Undo, saving and preview

How the editor saves, what undo covers, and how to look at work in progress safely.

For: Everyone editing a page

## What saves, and when

Every change is saved as you make it. The top of the editor shows the state: Editing while you are typing, Saving briefly, then Saved. A manual save with Ctrl+S is also there for peace of mind.

Saving is not publishing. A saved site can sit in draft indefinitely, and nothing reaches the internet until you press Publish, which lists what has changed since the last publish so you can choose what goes live.

Walkthrough: Watching the save state (The website editor)

1. **Editing, Saving, Saved**: The indicator tells you which of the three states the editor is in at any moment.
2. **Saved is not published**: The status pill stays Draft or changes waiting until you publish. The two are different things on purpose.

Note: The editor also keeps a save indicator in the toolbar on narrow screens, so you always have the state in view.

## Undo and redo

Ctrl+Z undoes the last change and Ctrl+Shift+Z puts it back. Undo covers typing, section moves, design changes, deletions and additions within the session, including right-click actions.

The one thing undo cannot do is travel back to an older published version. Version history exists for that, and keeps a copy every time you publish.

Walkthrough: Undo and redo (The website editor)

1. **Ctrl+Z**: Undo covers typing, moves, design changes, deletions and additions within the session.
2. **Ctrl+Shift+Z**: Redo puts the last undone change back. Try things; both directions are there.

1. Make a change you might regret on purpose: delete a section.
2. Press Ctrl+Z and watch it return.

## Preview and Click through

Preview opens a private link in a new tab showing the latest changes. Click through, the toggle in the toolbar, makes links and buttons work inside the editor so you can check the journey a visitor takes, from the menu to a contact form. Editing pauses while it is on.

Between the two, every page can be checked at every width, and the whole site can be walked as a visitor, before anything is published.

Walkthrough: Preview and Click through before publishing (The website editor, then A private preview in a new tab)

1. **Click through**: Makes links and buttons work inside the editor so you can walk the site as a visitor. Editing pauses while it is on.
2. **Then Preview**: The private link opens in a new tab, showing everything as it stands, published or not.
3. **The private address**: Not offered to search engines and not linked from anywhere public. Share it with the people giving feedback.
4. **A last check**: Walk every page at phone width, submit the form once, then press Publish with a straight back.

- [ ] Every page opened at phone width
- [ ] Every link and button followed with Click through
- [ ] A form submitted to yourself
- [ ] Last check for placeholder wording

## What happens if I close the browser mid-edit?

Your saved changes are kept. The editor reopens where the website was last saved.

## Is the preview link indexed by search engines?

No. A preview stays private and is not offered to search engines.

## Related guides

- [Publish and unpublish](/help/publishing-and-domains/publish-and-unpublish)
- [Version history and staging](/help/publishing-and-domains/version-history-and-staging)
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