# More adjustable (longer) undo-history

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [4 October 2021 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756 "2021-10-04T11:33:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![theCollectiv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/thecollectiv/32/10092_2.png) [@theCollectiv](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/theCollectiv)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2021 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756/1 "2021-10-04T11:33:44Z")

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Maybe there is an option or a way to do it, but i didn't figure it out yet.

I'd like to have the undo-history a little bit more a adjustable, so it lasts longer back in the past.  
Sometime I do 'kill some text', then do some formating stuff with a lot of small changes. Then I wanna have back the 'text', but the undo-history reaches its end before the 'text', because there where too many changes.

The only way to 'recover the text', is the same like 'recover notes' the way I described in on of my previous posts (and I guess average user wouldnt do that). But this is some extra work.

So somewhere some Option about 'longer/shorter undo-history' could be usefull (if possible) 😉

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2021 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756/2 "2021-10-04T16:05:43Z")

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I do not use note history but on Windows the **Note History** section in the settings allows 999 days to be entered. However I have previously read somewhere on this forum that the mobile apps may only accept about 730 days.

![note_history](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/b/b90e5e6a586cf16d3605ff642fbe51e98242c47e.png)

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**Author:** ![theCollectiv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/thecollectiv/32/10092_2.png) [@theCollectiv](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/theCollectiv)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2021 17:04 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756/3 "2021-10-04T17:04:36Z")

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Thx for the reply.

I was struggling with this too, the notehistory (my value is 180 days) is not the undo-history (the undo-history is just the normal `ctrl y` / `ctrl z`).  
And its just a little bit short sometimes. Maybe it depends on the last save/synchronisation (and the time of the sync-interval) , but I don't really know.

PS.: My proposal is not so much a feature, its rather an improvement of useability.

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2021 18:10 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756/4 "2021-10-04T18:10:34Z")

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Apologies. It seemed odd to me that the default 90 days was not enough! I saw "undo history", interpreted it as "note history" and from there on all was lost... 🤦🏻‍

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2021 18:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/more-adjustable-longer-undo-history/20756/5 "2021-12-03T18:11:11Z")

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