Undo, redo, and version history in whiteboards

Whiteboards aren’t available in Atlassian Government environments.

You can undo and redo your recent actions on a whiteboard and also view and restore versions of the entire whiteboard.

Undo only reverts your own changes — it won't affect actions made by other collaborators on the board.

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z / Cmd + Z

  • Redo: Ctrl + Y / Cmd + Y

What you can undo and redo

  • Creating, deleting, and pasting elements (stickies, shapes, text boxes, lines)

  • Moving, dragging, and resizing elements

  • Text edits inside stickies and text boxes

  • Changing text alignment or list formatting

  • Changing a smart link's display (Embed, Card, or Text view)

Version history

Whiteboards save the last 30 days of changes made by all users. Select the More actions () menu, then Version history. Select a previous version to see it.

Restore previous versions

While viewing an older version, select Restore as a new whiteboard.

Restoring an old version of a whiteboard does not delete the current version or versions that come after it. Confluence creates a copy of the old version as a new whiteboard.

Since restoring an old version creates a new whiteboard, it will count towards your plan limit. Review Confluence whiteboards plan limits. Alternatively, you can copy content from an old version and paste it in an existing whiteboard instead.

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