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# Restore browser sessions

Every time you run and close a Gologin profile, the system automatically creates a **session snapshot**. **Profile history** in Gologin allows you to restore from up to **5 latest sessions**.

A session snapshot includes:

* Cookies
* Session storage
* Logged-in state
* Website tokens
* Browser data from that session

If needed, you can restore the profile to any of these previous session states.

## How to restore the profile session?

To restore your profile to one of the 5 latest sessions, just

1. Click **3 dots** on the profile
2. Select **History**
3. Choose the desired session
4. Click **Restore**

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## When to use profile history?

Restoring from snapshots could be useful when:

1. **An account got logged out**\
   If a website logs you out unexpectedly, you can restore a previous session where the account was still active.
2. **Lost data**\
   If you don't see the recent opened tabs or suspect that the last profile sync wasn't correct due to network connection issues.
3. **Broken website state**\
   If you see the website doesn't behave like it's supposed to due to cache changes or extension intervention.
4. **Profile non-functional** If you can't launch a profile due to any non-proxy-related erros, for example, if the previous session didn't sync correctly.

## Best practices

* **Always close profiles properly**\
  Abrupt shutdowns may result in unstable snapshots.
* **Don't abuse restores**
  Constantly jumping between sessions can look unnatural.
* **Keep proxy consistency**
  Restoring a US session while using a new EU proxy may invalidate cookies.
* **Use it as a recovery tool**\
  It's best for fixting mistakes or reverting instability.