# Can we turn off history based work flow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696 "2024-07-03T10:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Malicious](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Malicious)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/1 "2024-07-03T10:27:46Z")

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Is there a way of turning off the history based interface? It’s glitchy AF when you have gotten used to the previous work flow.

Ie, I duplicate something I’m working on, make some changes, decide I like the new one and delete the old, which results in it all being deleted. So now I have to keep every thing I work on because the history workflow will delete everything if I delete anything?

I’m not interested it completely relearning a program every time the devs decide to change everything on a whim. I just want to switch my files back to the way they were

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/2 "2024-07-03T10:29:09Z")

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> [@Malicious](#):
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> Ie, I duplicate something I’m working on, make some changes, decide I like the new one and delete the old, which results in it all being deleted. So now I have to keep every thing I work on because the history workflow will delete everything if I delete anything?

Create an unlinked copy instead of a linked copy.

> **[5.630 - Create unlinked copies of bodies](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/14284610823964-5-630-Create-unlinked-copies-of-bodies)**
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> Enhance your productivity with these updates to the Copy function and Extrude tool. We’ve also provided some fixes to the Project workflow and 2D Drawings:
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> New: Create unlinked copies of bodies
> Im...

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**Author:** ![Malicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Malicious](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Malicious)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/3 "2024-07-04T10:01:54Z")

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So how do I create from sketches and be able to delete sketches? As I’m loosing boorleens when I wipe out sketches as well.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/4 "2024-07-04T10:02:52Z")

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By merging the history and selecting the “delete all sketches” option.

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**Author:** ![Malicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Malicious](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Malicious)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/5 "2024-07-04T11:00:20Z")

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I am trying to delete all now as the file sizes are getting out of control with the infinite history. Is there a way to erase all history? I’m working wilt large sculpts, so it is clogging the files up.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/6 "2024-07-04T11:01:31Z")

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Yes, what I said in the comment above. Merging the history means deleting it.

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**Author:** ![Malicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Malicious](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Malicious)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-we-turn-off-history-based-work-flow/32696/7 "2024-07-04T11:15:13Z")

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Yep just worked out how to do that after deleting a heap in another file, working out it was wrong, the program crashing and ruining the file. Now to try and save the file on the computer instead if I can get it to open…