How to undo, redo and replay a drawing

Ctrl+Z undoes and Ctrl+Shift+Z (or Ctrl+Y) redoes. Version history (Shift+H) shows every edit as a picture you can go back to. View › Replay drawing plays the page back the way it was drawn.

On a Mac, Ctrl is Cmd.

Undo and redo

Command Shortcut
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y

Each action is one step: a whole chain, a ring or a clean-up undoes in one press. Both are also in the Edit menu.

Go further back

Version history (Shift+H) keeps every edit as a picture. Click one to see the page as it was then, and restore it if you want it back. See Version history.

Replay a drawing

  1. Choose View › Replay drawing in the Main menu.
  2. A player bar opens above the toolbar. Press play to watch the page build up stroke by stroke, or step through it one action at a time.
  3. Pick 1x, 2x or 4x for the speed, and drag the bar to jump.
  4. Press the X on the bar to stop.

Replay drawing's player bar, with play, step buttons, the timeline and the 1x, 2x and 4x speeds.Replay drawing's player bar, with play, step buttons, the timeline and the 1x, 2x and 4x speeds.

A drawing replayed in Athanor, stroke by stroke.

Note

A drawing made before Athanor kept stroke timing is replayed in the order it was made, at an even pace.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026