What happens if I log out before saving my Powtoon?

What happens if I log out before saving my Powtoon?

If you log out of Powtoon before saving manually, your work is not necessarily lost. Powtoon autosaves your Powtoon every 2 minutes while you are editing. When you log back in and reopen the same Powtoon, it opens from the most recent autosave.

What autosave covers

Powtoon saves a version of your Powtoon automatically every 2 minutes during an active editing session. If you log out — intentionally or accidentally — the last autosaved version is preserved and available the next time you open that Powtoon.

Any changes you made after the most recent autosave and before logging out may not be recoverable. The closer your logout was to the last 2-minute autosave interval, the less work you are likely to lose.

How to continue editing after logging out

1. Log back in to your Powtoon account.
2. Go to your My Powtoons page.
3. Locate and open the same Powtoon you were editing.
4. Review the version that opens to confirm where the autosave left off.
5. Re-apply any changes that were not captured by the last autosave.
6. Save your work manually when you are done by clicking Save in Powtoon Studio.

► If you edited the Powtoon very recently before logging out, allow a moment after logging back in before opening it — this gives any in-progress autosave time to complete.

What happens next

Once you reopen your Powtoon, you are working from the last autosaved version. From that point, autosave resumes its 2-minute cycle automatically. You do not need to do anything to re-enable it.

Note: Autosave runs every 2 minutes, so a maximum of 2 minutes of work may be lost if you log out immediately after making changes. Saving manually at key points in your editing session is the most reliable way to protect your work.