Reverting a Change

Cancel one specific past change from the history without disturbing anything that came after it.

What revert does

Revert cancels one specific past change from the history, wherever it sits in the list, and leaves everything that came after it untouched.

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Reverting one past entry cancels just that change while the later rows stay.

How it differs from undo

This is different from Undo, which only peels back your most recent change. Revert lets you reach into the list and cancel a single entry on its own. That is what makes the history safe to use when several people are editing at once: you can take back one change without unwinding everyone else's work.

Reverting an entry

Open the Activity Panel and find the change you want to cancel.

Hover over that entry in the list. While you hover, the canvas previews what reverting would do, so you can see the outcome before committing to it.

Click its Revert button.

The reverted entry is removed from the list rather than adding a new "undo" line, which keeps the history tidy and easy to read. If the hover preview isn't for you, the panel's settings gear switches it off.

Revert is hidden on locked tabs and for people who are only viewing the diagram.

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