Restoring deleted words

Deleting words or gaps from the transcript does not permanently remove them from your project. PublishFi keeps track of everything you have cut, and every deletion can be reversed whenever you need it.

How deleted content looks in the transcript

After you remove a word, a small icon appears in the transcript where that word used to be. This icon is the restore indicator — it marks the location of the cut and gives you a way to bring the content back. The transcript remains readable around it, so you can continue working without the deleted content breaking the flow of what you see.

When a gap between words has been deleted, a similar icon appears in the position where that silence used to sit.

Groups of consecutive deletions

When you delete several words or gaps in a row — whether as a single bulk selection or through multiple individual deletions — consecutive deleted items are collapsed into a single restore indicator. Rather than cluttering the transcript with one icon per removed word, a group indicator appears that represents all of the removed content in that stretch. This keeps the transcript clean and easy to read even after heavy edits.

How to restore a single word

1. Find the restore indicator in the transcript where the deleted word used to appear.
2. Click the indicator. A small popup appears above it with a Restore button.
3. Click Restore. The word reappears in the transcript and the corresponding segment is added back to the video timeline immediately.

How to restore a deleted gap

1. Locate the gap restore indicator — it appears between two words where a silence was removed.
2. Click the indicator. A popup appears above it.
3. Click Restore in the popup. The pause is reinserted at that position in the video.

How to restore a group of deleted items

When a group indicator appears (representing multiple consecutive deleted words and gaps), clicking it opens a popup with a Restore All button. This brings back every word and gap in that group in one action, restoring the full section as it originally appeared.

When you would want to restore content

There are several common situations where restoring deleted content is useful:

• You removed a word by accident while making a bulk selection and want to bring just that one word back.
• You deleted a section that felt unnecessary but, after reviewing the video, realize it added important context.
• You want to compare how the video plays with and without a particular section before deciding.
• You are approaching the final review before export and want to reconsider some of your earlier cuts.

Tip: For recent deletions, you can also use undo (Ctrl+Z on Windows or Cmd+Z on Mac) to step backwards through your editing history in order. Restoring through the transcript indicator is more flexible — it lets you recover a specific section from further back in your session without affecting any of the edits you made after it.