Snapshots are your note’s version history. As you edit a note, Myne quietly keeps earlier versions of it for a while, so you can look back or roll back without thinking about it.
How snapshots are taken
Myne takes a snapshot on its own; there is no save-version button. It groups your edits rather than capturing every keystroke: a snapshot is taken after a few minutes of changes, and when you close or lock the note. So a burst of typing becomes one snapshot, not a hundred.
Snapshots are kept for about seven days, then aged out. The panel’s empty state says it plainly:
No snapshots yet. Snapshots are saved automatically as you edit and kept for about 7 days. They’re encrypted, and disappear when the note is permanently deleted.
Each snapshot is encrypted under the note’s own key: a snapshot is as private as the note itself, and nothing more is claimed for it.
Reviewing and restoring
Open the snapshots panel for a note to see its earlier versions, with a preview of what changed. Restoring a snapshot is always undoable: before it rolls the note back, Myne takes a snapshot of the current version, so the state you restored from is itself in the history if you change your mind.
What snapshots are not
Snapshots are a short-term undo for edits, not a deletion safety net. When a note is permanently deleted, its snapshots go with it: version history is part of the note, not a separate copy that outlives it. For protection across deletion, use the tools that are built for it:
- For a note you deleted, the Trash holds it until you empty it.
- For longer-term safety, a backup made before the deletion still contains the note.
Limits
Snapshots cover roughly the last week of a note’s edits and live only inside the vault that holds the note. They are not exported on their own and are not a substitute for a backup.