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Draft messages
Zulip automatically saves the content of your message as a draft when you close the compose box, ensuring that you never lose your work. When you start composing, the most recently edited draft for the conversation you are composing to automatically appears in the compose box. 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
Save a draft and stop composing
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Type at least 3 characters of text into the compose box.
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Close the compose box. For example, you can click the icon in the top right corner of the compose box, or click on an empty area of the app to close the compose box and save your message as a draft.
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You can also use <kbd>Esc</kbd> to close the compose box and save your
message as a draft.
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Save a draft and start a new message
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Click on the ellipsis () in the bottom right corner of the compose box, next to the Send () button.
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Select Save draft and start a new message.
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Restore a draft
To make it easier to find the draft you are looking for, drafts for the conversation you are composing to are shown at the top of the drafts list in the web and desktop apps. If you have saved drafts for the current conversation, the counter next to the Drafts button in the compose box shows how many there are.
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- Click the pencil () icon on the draft you want to restore.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
<kbd>Enter</kbd> within the drafts view to restore the selected draft.
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Click the Drafts button on the right side of the compose box.
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Click the pencil () icon on the draft you want to restore.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
<kbd>Enter</kbd> within the drafts view to restore the selected draft.
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Delete drafts
Delete a draft
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- Click the trash () icon on the draft you want to delete.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
<kbd>Backspace</kbd> within the drafts view to delete the selected draft.
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Click the Drafts button on the right side of the compose box.
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Click the trash () icon on the draft you want to delete.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts, and
<kbd>Backspace</kbd> within the drafts view to delete the selected draft.
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Delete multiple drafts
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Click Select all drafts in the upper right corner of the drafts view, or select the drafts you want to delete by toggling the checkboxes on the right.
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Click the trash () icon in the upper right corner of the drafts view to delete all selected drafts.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts.
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Click the Drafts button on the right side of the compose box.
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Click Select all drafts in the upper right corner of the drafts view, or select the drafts you want to delete by toggling the checkboxes on the right.
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Click the trash () icon in the upper right corner of the drafts view to delete all selected drafts.
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You can also use <kbd>D</kbd> to bring up your list of saved drafts.
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