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 Esc, click the in the top right corner of the compose box, or click on an empty part of the app.

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Click on 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)