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# Draft messages
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Zulip automatically saves the content of your message as a draft when you close
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the compose box, ensuring that you never lose your work. When you start
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composing, the most recently edited draft for the conversation you are composing
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to automatically appears in the compose box. Drafts are saved for 30 days.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note**: Drafts are local to your client, and are not synced to
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other devices and browsers.
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## Save a draft
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### Save a draft and stop composing
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|desktop-web}
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{!start-composing.md!}
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1. Type at least 3 characters of text into the compose box.
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1. Close the compose box. For example, you can click the
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<i class="fa fa-remove"></i> icon in the top right corner of the compose
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box, or click on an empty area of the app to close the compose box and save
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your message as a draft.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>Esc</kbd> to close the compose box and save your
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message as a draft.
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{end_tabs}
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### Save a draft and start a new message
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|desktop-web}
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{!start-composing.md!}
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1. Click on the **ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical"></i>)
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in the bottom right corner of the compose box, next to the **Send**
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(<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-send"></i>) button.
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1. Select **Save draft and start a new message**.
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{end_tabs}
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## Restore a draft
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To make it easier to find the draft you are looking for, drafts for the
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conversation you are composing to are shown at the top of the drafts list in the
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web and desktop apps. If you have saved drafts for the current conversation, the
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counter next to the **Drafts** button in the compose box shows how many there are.
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|via-left-sidebar}
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{!go-to-draft-messages.md!}
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1. Click the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon on the draft you
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want to restore.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
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<kbd>Enter</kbd> within the drafts view to restore the selected draft.
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{tab|via-compose-box-buttons}
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{!start-composing.md!}
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1. Click the **Drafts** button on the right side of the compose box.
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1. Click the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>) icon on the draft you
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want to restore.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
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<kbd>Enter</kbd> within the drafts view to restore the selected draft.
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{end_tabs}
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## Delete drafts
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### Delete a draft
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|via-left-sidebar}
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{!go-to-draft-messages.md!}
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1. Click the **trash** (<i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>) icon on the draft you
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want to delete.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
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<kbd>Backspace</kbd> within the drafts view to delete the selected draft.
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{tab|via-compose-box-buttons}
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{!start-composing.md!}
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1. Click the **Drafts** button on the right side of the compose box.
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1. Click the **trash** (<i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>) icon on the draft you
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want to delete.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
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<kbd>Backspace</kbd> within the drafts view to delete the selected draft.
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{end_tabs}
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### Delete multiple drafts
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{start_tabs}
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{tab|via-left-sidebar}
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{!go-to-draft-messages.md!}
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1. Click **Select all drafts** in the upper right corner of
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the drafts view, or select the drafts you want to delete
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by toggling the checkboxes on the right.
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1. Click the **trash** (<i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>) icon in the
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upper right corner of the drafts view to delete all selected drafts.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts.
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{tab|via-compose-box-buttons}
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{!start-composing.md!}
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1. Click the **Drafts** button on the right side of the compose box.
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1. Click **Select all drafts** in the upper right corner of
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the drafts view, or select the drafts you want to delete
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by toggling the checkboxes on the right.
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1. Click the **trash** (<i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i>) icon in the
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upper right corner of the drafts view to delete all selected drafts.
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!!! keyboard_tip ""
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts.
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{end_tabs}
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## Related articles
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* [Schedule a message](/help/schedule-a-message)
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* [Preview messages before sending](/help/preview-your-message-before-sending)
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* [Verify a message was sent](/help/verify-your-message-was-successfully-sent)
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* [Edit a message](/help/edit-a-message)
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* [Delete a message](/help/delete-a-message)
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