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# View and edit your message drafts
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When you close the compose box with content in it, Zulip stores the
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content in a draft, so that you never lose your work and need to
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retype a message. Zulip's [Drafts](/#drafts) UI allows you to
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retrieve, edit, and eventually send these drafts.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** Drafts are stored in your client, not on the server. For
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example, drafts you create on the web application will not be accessible
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from the mobile app, and vice versa.
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## View your drafts
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To view a list of all your currently saved drafts, you can open the
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[Drafts](/#drafts) modal by clicking the **Drafts** button on the left side of
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the compose box located at the bottom of your window, clicking the **Drafts**
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link located at the bottom-left corner of an open compose box, or pressing the
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`d` key. Upon doing so, the **Drafts** modal will appear, displaying all of the
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drafts you currently have, in the order that they were created.
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Each draft created from a discarded stream message is displayed with the
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following information:
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* **Stream** — If the discarded message that the draft was created from had a
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specified stream, the draft will display the message's specified stream in the
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top-left corner.
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* **Topic** — If the discarded message that the draft was created from had a
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specified topic, the draft will display the message's topic to the right of the
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message's stream.
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* **Content** — The content of the discarded message that the draft was created
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from is displayed as the draft's content.
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If a draft was created from a discarded private message instead of a stream
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message, the private message's recipient(s) will be displayed in place of the
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stream and topic.
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!!! tip ""
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There are various [keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts#drafts) that
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allow you to easily navigate the **Drafts** modal and quickly
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clean up drafts you no longer want.
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## Edit a draft
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To edit the content of a draft, click the pencil (<i
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class="icon-vector-pencil"></i>) icon or press the `Enter` key to open the
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selected draft in the compose box, where you can change the contents of the
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draft.
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To save the changes you made to the draft, exit out of the compose box by
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clicking the x (<i class="icon-vector-remove"></i>) or pressing the `Esc` key.
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!!! warn ""
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**Note:** Drafts cannot be converted from one message type to another
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(stream to private message and vice versa). You can use copy-paste
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to transfer your content in this situation.
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## Send a draft
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Once you are ready to send a draft as a message, click the pencil (<i
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class="icon-vector-pencil"></i>) icon or press the `Enter` key to open the
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selected draft in the compose box. You can now send the draft as a message by
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pressing the `Enter` key or clicking the **Send** button, depending on your
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settings.
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## Delete a draft
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You can delete the selected draft by clicking the trash (<i
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class="icon-vector-trash"></i>) icon or pressing the `Backspace` key.
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!!! warn ""
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**Warning:** Discarded drafts cannot be retrieved, so please be careful
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while you are deleting drafts.
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