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# Working with Drafts

You do not have to complete a filing in one sitting. The system lets you save your progress as a draft and come back to it later.

## Saving a Draft

While working in the filing wizard, click **Save Draft** in the bottom bar at any time. The system saves all of your current selections -- court, case type, parties, documents, and fee preferences.

* The first time you save, a new draft is created and assigned a filing number.
* Subsequent saves update the same draft.
* A toast notification confirms when the draft is saved.

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Drafts are saved as filings with a status of DRAFT. They do not appear in your submitted filings list and are not visible to clerks.
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**📹 GIF:** Clicking "Save Draft" in the filing wizard bottom bar, seeing the toast notification confirming the draft was saved, then navigating to the Drafts page in the sidebar.
{% endhint %}

## Finding Your Drafts

You can access your drafts in two ways:

* **Drafts page** -- Click **Drafts** in the sidebar. This page lists all your saved drafts, sorted by most recently updated.
* **Dashboard stat card** -- The Drafts card on the dashboard shows how many drafts you have.

Each draft card shows:

* Filing number
* Whether it is a new case or existing case filing
* Court and case type
* Number of parties and documents added so far
* Last updated date and time

## Resuming a Draft

Click the **Resume** button on any draft card. The system opens the filing wizard with all your saved data pre-loaded. You can continue from where you left off -- editing parties, adding documents, or moving forward to submit.

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**📹 GIF:** On the Drafts page, clicking the "Resume" button on a draft card, the filing wizard opening with pre-filled court, parties, and documents from the saved draft.
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## Deleting a Draft

If you no longer need a draft, click the trash icon on the draft card. A confirmation dialog will appear because this action cannot be undone.

Deleting a draft permanently removes:

* The draft filing record
* All uploaded documents associated with that draft
* All party information entered for that draft

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Deleting a draft is permanent. There is no way to recover a deleted draft.
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