Novelcrafter

Archiving

How to archive your novel, codex entries, chats, and snippets

1 min read Last updated May 9, 2025

If you want to keep your projects/codex entries etc, but do not wish to see them in your Novelcrafter interface, then you will want to use our new archiving feature.

Archiving Novels

To archive your novel:

  1. Open your novel
  2. Go to the novel settings via the cog icon in the top left of the interface
  3. In the meta data, go to the Danger Zone
  4. Select Archive Novel . Archiving Novels in Novelcrafter

To restore your novel

  1. Go to the homepage

  2. On the search/filter, select Is Archived Finding archived novels

  3. Find the novel you wish to store and enter it

  4. Go to the novel settings via the cog icon in the top left of the interface

  5. In the meta data, go to the Danger Zone

  6. Select Restore Novel .

    Restore novel in danger zone

Archiving Codex Entries

To archive a codex entry:

  1. Open your codex entry

  2. Open the actions menu (three dots)

  3. Select Archive Entry

    Archive codex entry

Your codex entry will immediately be archived, so you will see it ‘disappear’ from the interface.

To restore a codex entry:

  1. In the codex, go to the filters tab next to the search bar

  2. Select Is Archived

    Filter archived codex entries

  3. Open your codex entry

  4. Open the actions menu (three dots)

  5. Select Restore Entry

Archiving Snippets/Chats

Akin to codex entries, you can archive snippets and chats from the side bar.

  1. Select your snippet/chat

  2. Go to the actions menu (three dots)

  3. Select Archive Thread/Snippet .

    Archive thread/snippet

This can also be done from the chat interface, where the actions menu can be found in the top right of the interface.

To restore a snippet/chat:

  1. In the snippets/chats sidebar, go to the filters tab next to the search bar

  2. Select Is Archived

  3. Open your snippet/chat entry

  4. Open the actions menu (three dots)

  5. Select Restore Thread/Snippet

    Restore thread/snippet