Undo Functionality Requests

Users repeatedly request and discuss the need for universal undo/redo features in software, filesystems, editors, and systems to recover from mistakes. Comments highlight the absence of such core functionality in modern tools and express enthusiasm for its implementation.

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IMO ID SPACE FWIW Undo.html www.gnu github.com asciinema.org EXPECT UI undo button feature command vim nice replay tree mistakes functionality

Sample Comments

jules Oct 10, 2014 View on HN

A system wide easily accessible undo may solve this.

fidelramos Oct 27, 2020 View on HN

That's what undo is for, isn't it?

klntsky Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

I would really like undo functionality.

mstade Jan 20, 2023 View on HN

It'd be nice to have universal undo/redo though, which it seems like this might enable.

nunodonato May 28, 2024 View on HN

it's not a bug, its a feature! Unlimited undos

ulrischa Mar 27, 2025 View on HN

I wonder why undo redo is not a built in feature. It is such a core functionality

amelius Nov 29, 2020 View on HN

All modern software has an undo option. Why doesn't the filesystem?

antidamage Sep 29, 2015 View on HN

Why doesn't it have an undo key?

gnramires Oct 25, 2024 View on HN

An undo button would be nice :) (for when I need to backtrack)

sdegutis Mar 11, 2014 View on HN

Please add "undo" feature. Thank you.