Backups and reverting changes

Restore a previous point in your project and manage backups

Use restoring when you want to return to an earlier point in your project and continue working from there.

For example, if you ask Bolt to make a major change to the look and feel but decide you don’t like it, you have two options:

• Try to undo the changes by prompting (which can be complicated if there were many changes at once), or
• Restore the project to the point before the changes were made and start over from there.

Restore a previous version of your project

To restore your project to an earlier point:

1. In your project, scroll up through the chat to the message where you want to revert.
2. Click Revert.

Create backups

Backing up your project serves several purposes:

• Revert changes if needed.
• Keep a copy outside Bolt so your work is safe, even if something goes wrong.
• Start other processes, such as creating a new project from an existing one.

Types of backups:

• Automatic backups – Created every time you send a message. You can use these Restore from backup.
• Manual backups – Created and managed by you. You can download a copy of your project or use Bolt’s GitHub integration to store it in GitHub.

Restore from an automatic backup

To restore from an automatic backup in your Project settings, follow the steps below:

1. Click the gear icon near the top-right of the screen to open Settings.
2. Click Backups.
3. Click Load next to the timestamp you want to restore.
4. Click Create Fork in the window that opens to confirm.

This creates a new version of your project using the backup, without erasing the current version.

Restore from a downloaded copy

You can create a new project from a downloaded copy of your Bolt project by following the steps below:

1. Log in to your StackBlitz account.
2. Create a new empty project:
3. In your StackBlitz account, go to Projects.
4. Click + New.
5. Create a new project. It doesn’t matter what type you choose, as you’ll delete the contents.
6. Delete all the files in the project.
7. On your computer, unzip the downloaded copy of your Bolt project.
8. Drag and drop the files from your download into the StackBlitz IDE.
9. Click Save.
10. Click Open in bolt.new | AI to open the new project in Bolt.

Restore from GitHub

If you’re using the GitHub integration, you can follow the steps to Import an existing repository. This creates a new Bolt project using the files from your GitHub repository.