Source: https://docs.amadalis.ai/content/revisions/

# Restore an earlier revision

Restore a saved revision to get an old version of a page back as the draft. Use a [revision](https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/glossary/#revision) in EmDash’s own **Pages** or **Posts** screens in the site admin to get an earlier saved draft back. An Author can restore their own entries; an Editor or Admin can restore other entries too. This is different from a receipt’s **Undo**, which reverses the change covered by that receipt.

Checked against the product’s code on 7 November 2026.

## Choose a saved version

For a page open in **Composer**:

1.  Choose **History** beside **Layout**. **Saved versions** lists the versions, newest first, with when, who and what changed.
2.  Select the earlier version you need.
3.  Choose **Restore this version**. Read the approval card and the schedule it would cancel.
4.  Choose **Restore it** only for the intended version. It becomes the draft; the published page is unchanged.

The receipt’s **Undo**, when offered, puts back the preceding draft. It can bring back the cancelled schedule while its time is still ahead. A later draft change or an entry held by someone else can prevent Undo.

For EmDash’s content editor:

1.  Open **Pages** or **Posts** in the site admin. You see that collection’s entries.
2.  Open the entry by its title. EmDash’s content editor shows its settings, even when its content is edited in Composer.
3.  If you have edits open in Composer, apply the ones you want to keep before continuing. Use **Save** here only for content edited in EmDash.
4.  Open **Revisions** in the entry’s settings. The saved versions appear; **No versions yet** means there is no saved history to choose from.
5.  Select the version you need. Its saved content opens for inspection.
6.  Use **Older version** or **Newer version** if you need to inspect a neighbour. The selected version changes without restoring it.

[![Revisions shows an earlier saved version selected, with Restore available.](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-05-revision-selected-1440.png)](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-05-revision-selected-1440.png "Open full-size image")

Inspect a saved version before restoring it.

[![At phone width, an earlier saved version is selected, with Restore available.](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-05-revision-selected-390.png)](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-05-revision-selected-390.png "Open full-size image")

Inspect a saved version before restoring it.

**Show changes** compares the selected saved version with its preceding version. **Back to editing** leaves the history view without restoring anything. If the versions could not load, **Try again** repeats that read.

## Compare the saved draft with the published content

Use this read before publishing saved changes to a page or post. You need access to drafts. It compares the current saved content with the published content; **Show changes** above compares neighbouring versions in history.

1.  Save the changes you want included. Unsaved typing is not part of the comparison.
2.  Open **Copilot**.
3.  Ask “Compare the saved draft and published content of \[page or post title\]. Do not change it.”
4.  Choose **Send**. The result returns both stored versions and whether there is a separate saved draft. An item that has never been published has no published version.
5.  Read the two versions before deciding what to publish.

This read does not restore, discard or publish anything, so it needs no approval card or Undo. Use [Composer preview](https://docs.amadalis.ai/composer/composer/#review-and-publish) to inspect the page’s appearance too.

See [Compare a content item’s draft and published version](https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/copilot/content-and-media/#content-and-its-catalog).

## Restore the draft

For pages and posts built in Composer, recovering earlier writing stages a draft and leaves the published version alone. Restoring cancels the existing publication schedule. A page due to go out on Friday needs a new approved schedule. Unsaved changes are lost.

The dialog or success message may still mention the old scheduled time. Check **Publish** after restoring. Other EmDash collections can keep their schedule.

1.  Choose **Restore** on the selected version. The dialog asks **Restore this version?**
2.  Read the dialog’s warning about the draft and any schedule. Choose **Cancel** if this is not the version you want.
3.  Confirm **Restore**. **Version restored** confirms that the selected version is now the draft.
4.  Review the restored draft. The live site keeps its published version until you publish again.

[![Restore this version? says the chosen version becomes the draft, with Restore and Cancel; no schedule warning is shown.](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-06-restore-dialog-unscheduled-1440.png)](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-06-restore-dialog-unscheduled-1440.png "Open full-size image")

Restoring replaces the draft.

[![At phone width, Restore this version? says the chosen version becomes the draft, with Restore and Cancel; no schedule warning is shown.](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-06-restore-dialog-unscheduled-390.png)](https://docs.amadalis.ai/images/steps/2026-11-05-coverage-and-stale/COV1-06-restore-dialog-unscheduled-390.png "Open full-size image")

Restoring replaces the draft.

## Ask the copilot

1.  Open **Copilot**. The conversation is ready for your request.
2.  Type a request to list the saved revisions of the entry. Name the page or post you want to recover.
3.  Choose **Send**. The history is returned newest first.
4.  Ask it to restore the specific saved version you chose from that history. The request identifies that version rather than guessing from a receipt time.
5.  Choose **Send**. The card asks **Restore this earlier version?**
6.  Review the replacement and schedule before approving. **Keep the current draft** cancels the request.
7.  Choose **Restore it**. Read the result, then review the restored draft.

An eligible copilot restore now offers **Undo** on its receipt, with the same draft and schedule limits as Composer **History**. See [Revisions](https://docs.amadalis.ai/reference/copilot/pages-and-sections/#revisions).

## Recover after a restore

Use **Undo** on a Composer or copilot restore receipt when offered. EmDash’s own restore dialog does not provide that receipt. Saved revision history remains available, so you can inspect and restore another saved version. It does not recover work you never saved.

For a recent Composer change with a receipt, use [Composer Undo](https://docs.amadalis.ai/composer/composer/) when that receipt covers the result you need.

## Your next step

Review the restored draft and any publication schedule before leaving it. Use [Pages, posts and media](https://docs.amadalis.ai/content/pages-posts-and-media/#create-a-page-or-post) to review the scheduling controls, or [Review and publish](https://docs.amadalis.ai/composer/composer/#review-and-publish) if you choose to publish it now.