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>The history explorer is where you can see all the commands that have been executed within the editor since the beginning of the session.  
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## Fast back'n forth

You can click any action to go back to that point in time.  
You can also use {% include shortcut keys="Ctrl Z" %} / {% include shortcut keys="Ctrl Y" %} to Undo/Redo actions in order.  

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## Flush.

>The history needs to be manually flushed out to free up memory.
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**There is currently no limit to the number of actions that are stored in the history.  **
This is primarily because some actions cannot be "merged" into one (like some are : if you repeatedly change the same value, it only creates a single action.) and this creates a lot of spam in there, ultimately making iteration something that could kill your ability to go back to previous modifications.  

*With great power comes great responsibility and all that.*
