Ability to undo or discard changes for CMS editors
Clients often make mistakes when editing their website and the fact that they have to go back and completely redo what was there before seems unnecessary. I'm surprised this wasn't already on the wish list.
This request is almost ten years old now and still has no status, so a friend and I stopped waiting and started building it as an independent app. It keeps a version history for every CMS item automatically (captured via the API the moment anything is saved), shows field-by-field diffs of who changed what, and restores a single item in place. The item keeps its ID, so links, references and integrations don't break, and nothing else on the site moves. Deleted items stay recoverable too. It's at covlens.com/revertkit if it's useful to anyone here. To be clear, it's our own project, not affiliated with Webflow. And if your exact undo scenario isn't covered by what I described, I'd genuinely like to hear it while we're still building.
When will you add undo functionality? Well it's just not serious.
Webflow is a builder and editor and should be able to undo otherwise it's scary to edit some articles, I couldn't even think that I could break an article and not be able to undo.
And any change is saved and you can't undo one or more actions!!!
Well just nonsense every time to restore the entire site from backup for the sake of one article.
An undo or discard changes would be incredibly helpful for some of our clients. It would make them much more confident and the process of editing much simpler. Thanks!
items like this literally make us use a different tool. You are not the only player for building nice websites. I get you need to make money, but trust me, these simple features that have been asked for many years know are deal breakers and are costing you money.
I've been using Webflow since the beginning...and I had this conversation with a client recently and thought surely they've added the undo button by now...surely! But alas....this is such a frustration for clients.
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This request is almost ten years old now and still has no status, so a friend and I stopped waiting and started building it as an independent app. It keeps a version history for every CMS item automatically (captured via the API the moment anything is saved), shows field-by-field diffs of who changed what, and restores a single item in place. The item keeps its ID, so links, references and integrations don't break, and nothing else on the site moves. Deleted items stay recoverable too. It's at covlens.com/revertkit if it's useful to anyone here. To be clear, it's our own project, not affiliated with Webflow. And if your exact undo scenario isn't covered by what I described, I'd genuinely like to hear it while we're still building.
The way Webflow prioritizes features is absolutely insane. How is this still not implemented.
Would be nice to have it. 8 years on wishlist seems a long time for such a simple feature
Almost 8 years later, surely you guys have an intern who can implement this.
Bump
When will you add undo functionality? Well it's just not serious.
Webflow is a builder and editor and should be able to undo otherwise it's scary to edit some articles, I couldn't even think that I could break an article and not be able to undo.
And any change is saved and you can't undo one or more actions!!!
Well just nonsense every time to restore the entire site from backup for the sake of one article.
Please add this feature. I would put it at a pretty high priority.
It's insane that this is not yet possible..
An undo or discard changes would be incredibly helpful for some of our clients. It would make them much more confident and the process of editing much simpler. Thanks!
items like this literally make us use a different tool. You are not the only player for building nice websites. I get you need to make money, but trust me, these simple features that have been asked for many years know are deal breakers and are costing you money.
Insane that you still dont have this, wtf!
This has been an ask since 2017. It's nearing a decade. Please, just let us undo. Or explain to people why you can't.
Summarizing my first 10 minutes with Webflow Editor:
-Erased text by mistake and now the block disappeared so no way to put the text back.
-Willing to redo all my changes manually even if not optimal, but discarding unpublished changes is not even possible
-Wish I had researched web platforms better before choosing Webflow
I've been using Webflow since the beginning...and I had this conversation with a client recently and thought surely they've added the undo button by now...surely! But alas....this is such a frustration for clients.
My organization just switched to Webflow from WordPress. If I had known of this, I would have thought twice. It's very strange!
Pleasssssse an UNDO button for editors (clients) and the possibility to remove some unpublished changes
love U webflow
Basic functionality that should be prioritized over new features, etc.
Is there any update on discarding unpublished changes? Clients really need this.
Can't believe it... it was our client's first and main question and our team looked unprofessional, as w had no adequate answer ...
Come on Webflow, this is always a painful conversation with clients, it makes clients very uneasy and reluctant to publish changes at all.