How to Keep Your Work Safe With Snapshots and Backups

Projects in Decklab AI save as you work, in your browser, and work offline. On top of that, two features let you go back in time and keep a copy somewhere safe:

• Snapshots: save points for a project, kept in this browser. Go back to any of them, or open one as a copy.
• Backups: the whole project as one .decklab file you keep, that opens in any browser.

Snapshots

Open the snapshots page

Choose View snapshots under the save status in the project header, or Snapshots in its More menu.

Save a snapshot

Give it a name ("Before the faction rework") and save it. Do this before you try something bold. You can always come back.

Snapshots made for you

Decklab AI saves a snapshot automatically:

• the first time you open a project each day,
• before importing a spreadsheet,
• before deleting a component, or deleting many rows at once,
• before applying an AI proposal,
• before restoring another snapshot.

Automatic snapshots are marked Automatic in the timeline.

The timeline

Each snapshot shows when it was made and a thumbnail of the first card. You can pin a snapshot to keep it, rename it, or delete it. Each project keeps its latest 50 unpinned snapshots; pinned ones stay until you remove them.

Restore a snapshot

• Restore puts the project back as it was. It saves your current version as a snapshot first, so you can always get back, and the message that follows offers Undo restore.
• Restore as a copy opens the snapshot as a new project and leaves this one as it is. It's ideal for comparing two versions, or branching a design.

Backups

Download a backup

On the snapshots page, choose Download backup (.decklab). Or use Export › Project backup. The file holds everything in the project: components, data, images, fonts and stock credits.

If you've been editing for a week without a backup, Decklab AI reminds you. Later waits a day.

Restore from a backup

On Home, choose Import project and pick the .decklab file. If that project is already in this browser, choose:

• Replace: the project becomes the backup's version. A snapshot is saved first.
• Import as copy: the backup opens as a separate project.

Backups open in any browser, on any computer, so they're also the simplest way to move a project or hand it to someone.

Cloud sync

You can also choose to sync projects to the cloud, so they're on every device you sign in on. A free account syncs three projects; Pro gets more cloud space. Synced or not, snapshots and backups work the same.

A simple routine

1. Save a named snapshot before any big change.
2. Download a backup at the end of a session that matters, and keep it somewhere safe.
3. Restore as a copy when you want to compare an old version with today's.

Related guides

• How to Import a Card Game. Imports save a snapshot first.
• How to Export Your Game. Backups are one of the export formats.