# View and edit your message drafts

When you close the compose box, Zulip stores the content in a draft,
so that you never lose your work. Drafts are saved for 30 days.

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    **Note**: Drafts are local to your client, and are not synced to
    other devices and browsers.

## Save a draft

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Simply close the compose box. You can hit <kbd>Esc</kbd>, click
the <i class="fa fa-remove"></i> in the top right corner of the
compose box, or click on an empty part of the app.

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## View your drafts

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Click on <i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> **Drafts** in the left sidebar.
From there, you can delete or restore any of your drafts.

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    Use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of drafts. Check out other
    keyboard shortcuts related to drafts [here](/help/keyboard-shortcuts#drafts)