Versions, recovery, and archiving

Understand versions

The draft is your editable workspace. Publish turns its saved contents into the next numbered version. Guests and TVs use a saved version, while signed-in previews can show an unpublished draft. Menu version numbers belong to that menu only.

History begins with the first publication. Open a version to inspect its sections, items, serving prices, and historical availability.

Recover a version

1. Save or cancel current item and layout edits.
2. Open Menu history, load the wanted version, and review its contents.
3. Replace the current draft, or recover an independent manual copy with a new name.
4. Review translations, keg settings, and integration relationships, then Publish only when ready.

Replacing a draft does not roll back the live menu. A recovered copy has its own link and leaves the original intact.

Archive and restore

Before archiving, remove the menu from active or upcoming schedules and TV assignments. Archiving removes it from normal pickers, withdraws guest links—including venue-website links—and retains the draft and saved versions.

Open the archived-menus disclosure to restore it as a draft. Reassign TVs or schedules and publish guest access deliberately.

Limits and boundaries

History contains published versions, not every keystroke. Imported sync relationships, keg tracking, translations, TV assignments, and schedules are not restored into copies.

If something goes wrong

Save or cancel current edits before recovery. If the menu changed in another tab, reload and review the latest state.

Still stuck? Email Venue Menus support with the location, menu or screen name and the action you were taking.