Novelcrafter

Archiving and Restoring Scenes

Learn how to archive and restore scenes in Novelcrafter.

1 min read Last updated May 6, 2025

By default, you cannot delete scenes. Instead, you archive them - they will always be there in the cloud in case you have regrets and want them back.

If you want to delete a chapter, you first need to archive all the scenes within it.

Archiving a Scene

Plan

In Plan , click on the actions menu (three dots) next to the scene title. At the bottom is the option to Archive Scene .

Archiving scene from plan view

Write

In the manuscript, you can also access the action menu, and click Archive Scene .

Archiving scene from write view

Restoring a Scene

There are multiple ways to restore a scene:

  1. Press the small folder plus icon next to the new scene button at the bottom of each chapter.

    Restoring scene from plan view

  2. At the bottom of each chapter in the Write interface, there is also the option to Add From Archive .

    Restoring scene from write view

A modal will appear. You can click through any archived scenes and insert or delete them.

Deleting the scene here removes it from your story permanently.

Insert scene from archive inferface

Inserting a scene will append it to the end of the selected chapter. You do not have to readd the scene in the same place you archived it from.