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Using the History palette


You can use the History palette to revert to a previous state of an image and delete an image's states.
A. History state B. History state slider C. Trash button

To display the History palette:

Choose Window > Show History, or click the History palette tab.

To revert to a previous state of an image:

Do any of the following:
  • Click the name of the state.
  • Drag the slider at the left of the state up or down to a different state.
  • Click the Step Forward or Step Backward buttons from the shortcuts bar.
  • Choose Step Forward or Step Backward from the palette menu or the Edit menu to move to the next or previous state.

    • To set the keyboard command for Step Forward and Step Backward, choose Edit > Preferences > General, and select an option for Step Back/Fwd.

    To delete one or more states of the image:

    Do one of the following:
  • Click the name of the state, and choose Delete from the History palette menu to delete that change and those that came after it.
  • Drag the state to the Trash button () to delete that change and those that came after it.
  • Choose Clear History from the palette menu to delete the list of states from the History palette, without changing the image. This option doesn't reduce the amount of memory used by Photoshop Elements.
  • Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and choose Clear History from the palette menu to purge the list of states from the History palette (and from the Undo buffer) without changing the image. If you get a message that Photoshop Elements is low on memory, purging states is useful, since the command frees up memory.

    • Important: This action cannot be undone.
  • Choose Edit > Purge > Histories to purge the list of states from the History palette for all open documents.

    • Important: This action cannot be undone.

    To replace an existing document with a selected state:

    Drag the state onto the document.

    Note: This will replace the original image without changing its name. Make sure to choose File > Save As to rename the image if you want to keep the original image.

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