Undoing recent changes in Family Tree Maker 2024 (FTM 2024) gets easy with the built-in change log feature. In case you have edited, deleted, or modified information in the family tree by mistake, you can review recent actions and roll back unwanted changes. The change log also helps in keeping track of up to 5000 actions, letting you restore your previous edits even after closing and reopening the software.
How to Undo Recent Changes in FTM 2024
With the help of this feature, you can reverse mistakes, monitor up to 5,000 actions, and get access to your action history even after closing and reopening the software. To know how to use it better, go through the steps below:
- From the plan workspace, open the “Current Tree tab”, select “Change Log” to review the changes.
- Click “Print Change Log to create a copy of your recent changes. You can print the record to save it as a PDF. If your tree is linked with an “Antenna Tree”, you can also check its history in “Treevault”.
- All the actions affecting multiple records, including “TreeSync”, display an “Information Icon”. Click the information icon to review or print the complete change list.
- Sort and filter the change log to find the changes quickly. View the changes “By Date” or “By Object” and narrow the results by record or change type.
- Select the change that you want to inspect and choose an action. Use Open to access the linked record for manual edits.
- To restore your tree, select “Roll Back Changes”, review the list of changes that will be reversed before continuing.
- Keep a backup of your tree first. After that, select Roll Back Changes to return to the earlier state.
Conclusion!
Right after the first usage, we figured out how useful this change log tool is. If you also want to track and manage edits in Family Tree 2024, relying on this tool is a better idea. With this tool, you can do various things, including identifying recent changes, restoring a previous version of the tree, correcting mistakes with minimal effort, and much more. Do have a regular backup of your family tree while using the rollback feature to maintain security, accuracy, and updates.
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Andy Smith is a genealogy researcher and family history specialist with over 10 years of experience in family tree research, ancestry records, and genealogy software. He specializes in Family Tree Maker, Legacy Family Tree, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and DNA-based family history research, helping users preserve and organize their family heritage.