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# Copy a Workflow or Go Back to an Earlier Version

> Make a copy of a workflow to try changes safely, and bring back an earlier saved version when a change didn't work out

Two things help when you change a workflow. A **copy** lets you try an idea without touching the workflow you rely on. **Versions** let you go back to how a workflow was before a change.

This guide copies Northwind's "Thank new wholesale leads" workflow, removes a step from the copy, then brings the step back from an earlier version. The copy stays switched off, and the original isn't changed.

## Make a copy

Click **Workflows** in the left rail, then **Manage** on the **All Workflows** card. Find the workflow, click **...** at the end of its row, then **Clone**.

![The Thank new wholesale leads row, Disabled, with its menu open: Open editor, View executions, Clone outlined, and Delete](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-01-menu-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=d56e457f8beaef8b04b4300ca94b4daf)

A message confirms it, and the copy appears in the list with **(Copy)** after its name. A copy always starts switched off, so it can't run until you turn it on.

![The new row, outlined: Thank new wholesale leads (Copy), Disabled, 5 nodes, created just now, never run](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-02-copy-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=78338086724dd0e7a9df4cb2f92811c0)

Click the copy's name to open it. Change it as much as you like: the original isn't affected.

## Save versions as you go

Every time you click **Save Workflow**, Hiveku keeps a version of the workflow as it was. To see them, click the gear at the top right of the editor, then **Show Versions**.

![The editor's gear menu: Browse All Nodes, Use a Template, Export Workflow, Import Workflow, Show Run History, Show Versions outlined, Show Notes, and more](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-03-show-versions-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=eb7616e027534bd50fd048d58b0a9ce5)

A brand-new copy has no versions until you save it once. Northwind saved the copy (version 1, five steps), then deleted its **Log Activity** step and saved again (version 2, four steps).

## Go back to an earlier version

In **Version History**, each version shows how many steps (nodes) it has. Click the eye to look at a version, or the round arrow to go back to it.

![Version History, 2 versions: v2, Latest, Manual save, 4 nodes and 3 connections; v1, Manual save, 5 nodes and 4 connections, with its round arrow outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-04-versions-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=d818dbefd744e642e667e9a2d86ac19f)

Northwind clicked the arrow on **v1**. A box asks you to confirm and explains that the workflow returns to that version's state, saved as a new version. Click **Rollback**.

![Rollback to Version 1? This will restore the workflow to its state from version 1; a new version will be created to track this. Version 1, Manual save. Cancel, and Rollback outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-05-confirm-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=deb67c1902a4296c522a703e637e7395)

The list now starts with **v3**, which holds version 1's five steps. Version 2 is still there, so you can change your mind again.

![Version History, 3 versions: v3, Latest, Rollback to version 1, 5 nodes and 4 connections, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-06-v3-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=5066db407a27462abbc42a0f8506ac1f)

Close the panel with the arrow at its top right. The **Log Activity** step is back on the canvas.

![The workflow canvas: Wholesale Form Submitted, Prepare Thank-You, Send Wholesale Thank-You email and Create Wholesale Follow-up task, with the Log Activity step after the email, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F/images/how-tos/workflows/cp-07-back-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=63w_2EEph6Ht0Q1F\&q=85\&s=258f8b8ba2dc974def89dcfb559ae50e)

Northwind deleted the practice copy afterwards: **...** on its row, **Delete**, then **Delete workflow**.

## Good to know

* **A copy keeps the steps and their settings.** If the workflow starts from a webhook, the copy doesn't share the original's address: open its first step and click **Create Webhook URL** to give it its own.
* **Going back doesn't switch anything on or off.** A workflow that was off stays off.
* **Changes that aren't saved** don't make a version. Click **Save Workflow** when you're happy with a change.
* **More:** [Add and Connect Workflow Steps Yourself](/how-tos/workflows/build-a-workflow-by-hand).


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