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.
Wild to me that this doesn't exist yet! My clients are confused and so am I. As far as I'm concerned, the editor is useless without this feature. I also feel like Webflow should be more transparent about this in editor guides; there should be a legitimate warning!
Carl Labanz commented
8 Oct 06:28pm
This is such basic functionality that I didn't even look for it until I was showing someone the editor and made a mistake. "Okay, we can just undo that..." oh! but little did I know.
I was super embarrassed.
Andi Odermatt commented
22 Sep 11:03am
It's 2022 so it's been about 5 years, and this feature still isn't available. I just don't understand this. I need to move Clients over from Webflow to WordPress just because of this feature alone and I really do not want to do so. It's a downside to using Webflow if you create a Website for clients, this should be a no-brainer.
Can someone explain why Webflow might not want to address this or even answer us? Am I missing something? Maybe it's technologically not possible?
Mandy Hopp commented
29 Aug 09:00pm
... very confused by this lack of a feature and so are my clients.
Crystal Lewis commented
15 Aug 01:14pm
WEBFLOW PLEASE FIX. IT UNDO BUTTON!
Jack Randall commented
7 Aug 04:45pm
I agree with Josh below, I had a client asking about this today. It does look Webflow look unprofessional.
They can remove an image by accident, not have the old one on their computer and now they're stuck without image and can't publish changes until I can fix it for them on my end.
Editor would greatly benefit from undo/redo button.
Denis Mokin commented
4 Aug 02:45pm
Omg peaple we need this!
Josh Attwood commented
2 Aug 04:56am
Any update with this? Quite important and makes Webflow look unprofessional to clients!
Moon Blanc commented
1 Aug 11:44am
The faces and comments from custommers that are faced with the fact that ther is no Undo or Discard for changes that they have done and CAN SEE IN THE LIST is making me angry at Webflow... Why making a list when we cannot to anything bout that. Any updates?
Alexandra MacIsaac commented
28 Apr 04:51pm
Until this feature is implemented, I cannot recommend Webflow to my clients. I am considering leaving altogether.
Clark AG commented
30 Mar 08:48pm
This is a feature that should have been added BEFORE Webflow was ever made available for purchase. Not a nice-to-have but a must-have-to-function, as many other users have commented.
Monica Sigüenza commented
21 Mar 05:33pm
An absolute NEEEEED, not a want
Iskandar Bwefar commented
18 Feb 08:12am
I never really had to use the editor until recently, but it's completely unworkable without a waay to simply undo changes. Someone should be able to remove changes from the "Changes to be published" list. And there should absolutely be a way to simply clear all unpublished changes.
Tyler Griffin commented
26 Jan 10:24pm
THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP
Robert Jones commented
7 Jan 03:51pm
Adding my frustration to the bucket. At minimum, at least allow the changes to be discarded/unsaved when closing out. Even when I clear cookies it doesn't revert. The fact that a client-facing editor is this inflexible is bewildering. It's like navigating a mind field. I've had to go back and fix so many client changes that the editor causes more trouble than it's worth.
CFY Engineering commented
17 Dec, 2021 03:00pm
The whole changes and publishing system in Webflow is just so backwards. You don't know what you have changed, if anyone publishes ALL changes get published. The undo history gets deleted every time you change page. No way to get back to a previous version of a page (like in Wordpress). It's the main reason we are not using Webflow for anything serious in our enterprise. Too easy to make a mistake that is hard to recover.
Lucy King commented
22 Nov, 2021 11:26am
I would really love to see this, feels like a crazy thing not to have - I was eagerly checking the list of new features announced at no-code conf hoping this would be on it but no :( I'd also really love to just hear from someone at Webflow on this issue? It's frustrating not knowing anything about it.
Marloes commented
21 Nov, 2021 02:46pm
Indeed this option for the client in Editor to be able to delete an unpublished change should be made possible very soon. It is highly irritating that this is not possible. And also....as administrator I am looking for the option to undo my clients unpublished edits, and also that is hard to find (didn't find it yet)
super annoying
Jen Armstrong commented
3 Nov, 2021 04:28pm
Came back to check on this almost 5 years later. Still have clients frustrated with the lack of being able to cancel publishing their own edits. Would have really hoped this would have been addressed by now.
Jen Armstrong
Wild to me that this doesn't exist yet! My clients are confused and so am I. As far as I'm concerned, the editor is useless without this feature. I also feel like Webflow should be more transparent about this in editor guides; there should be a legitimate warning!
This is such basic functionality that I didn't even look for it until I was showing someone the editor and made a mistake. "Okay, we can just undo that..." oh! but little did I know.
I was super embarrassed.
It's 2022 so it's been about 5 years, and this feature still isn't available.
I just don't understand this.
I need to move Clients over from Webflow to WordPress just because of this feature alone and I really do not want to do so. It's a downside to using Webflow if you create a Website for clients, this should be a no-brainer.
Can someone explain why Webflow might not want to address this or even answer us? Am I missing something? Maybe it's technologically not possible?
... very confused by this lack of a feature and so are my clients.
WEBFLOW PLEASE FIX. IT UNDO BUTTON!
I agree with Josh below, I had a client asking about this today. It does look Webflow look unprofessional.
They can remove an image by accident, not have the old one on their computer and now they're stuck without image and can't publish changes until I can fix it for them on my end.
Editor would greatly benefit from undo/redo button.
Omg peaple we need this!
Any update with this? Quite important and makes Webflow look unprofessional to clients!
The faces and comments from custommers that are faced with the fact that ther is no Undo or Discard for changes that they have done and CAN SEE IN THE LIST is making me angry at Webflow... Why making a list when we cannot to anything bout that. Any updates?
Until this feature is implemented, I cannot recommend Webflow to my clients. I am considering leaving altogether.
This is a feature that should have been added BEFORE Webflow was ever made available for purchase. Not a nice-to-have but a must-have-to-function, as many other users have commented.
An absolute NEEEEED, not a want
I never really had to use the editor until recently, but it's completely unworkable without a waay to simply undo changes. Someone should be able to remove changes from the "Changes to be published" list. And there should absolutely be a way to simply clear all unpublished changes.
THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP
Adding my frustration to the bucket. At minimum, at least allow the changes to be discarded/unsaved when closing out. Even when I clear cookies it doesn't revert. The fact that a client-facing editor is this inflexible is bewildering. It's like navigating a mind field. I've had to go back and fix so many client changes that the editor causes more trouble than it's worth.
The whole changes and publishing system in Webflow is just so backwards. You don't know what you have changed, if anyone publishes ALL changes get published. The undo history gets deleted every time you change page. No way to get back to a previous version of a page (like in Wordpress). It's the main reason we are not using Webflow for anything serious in our enterprise. Too easy to make a mistake that is hard to recover.
I would really love to see this, feels like a crazy thing not to have - I was eagerly checking the list of new features announced at no-code conf hoping this would be on it but no :( I'd also really love to just hear from someone at Webflow on this issue? It's frustrating not knowing anything about it.
Indeed this option for the client in Editor to be able to delete an unpublished change should be made possible very soon. It is highly irritating that this is not possible. And also....as administrator I am looking for the option to undo my clients unpublished edits, and also that is hard to find (didn't find it yet)
super annoying
Came back to check on this almost 5 years later. Still have clients frustrated with the lack of being able to cancel publishing their own edits. Would have really hoped this would have been addressed by now.
I hope they will add this essential feature soon.