Saving and Sharing York Work

Saving Your Work

The Save button will appear whenever you make changes to your graph or notebook. Click Save to store the graph or notebook your account. Or, press CTRL + S (Windows) or CMD + S (Mac).

Be sure to save your graph or notebook each time you make edits so you do not lose any progress. If you are not signed in, you’ll be prompted to sign in or create a free account before you can save any changes.

Image showing the location of the save button.

To rename a saved graph or notebook, click the More Options dropdown. Then, select Rename and enter the new name. Click Save to update the name.

Image showing dropdown option on the save button to either rename or duplicate the graph.

 

Managing Your Saved Work

To access all of your saved work, click Open Graph. Or, press CTRL + O (Windows) or CMD + O (Mac).

Your saved work will open, and from here, you can filter your saved work by tool type and explore premade example graphs and notebooks.

Image showing the saved work viewing window.

Animation showing the view changing between list, grid and filtered by tool.

You can view your saved work in a list or grid layout. In both views, you can filter by tool to find what you need.

If you view your work in a list, you will be able to sort them by date or by name.

Search option filtering the saved work. Screenshot.

Find a specific graph or notebook by entering its name into the search bar.

More options menu selected for a graph or notebook to show the option to duplicate a graph or notebook. Screenshot.

If you want to edit a graph or notebook without altering the original, click the three vertical dots to the right of the title. Then, select Duplicate. This will create a new graph or notebook that is separate from the original.

Organizing Saved Work

You can organize your work by grouping them within folders. To create a new folder, click the dropdown next to New Graph (this button defaults to match the tool you are using). Select Add Folder. Then, enter a name for your new folder. Folders are automatically organized by creation date and appear above your individual saved graphs or notebooks.

To add graphs or notebooks to a folder, select one or more items by checking the box next to each name. You can also press and hold SHIFT to select multiple items at a time. Then, drag them into the desired folder or select Move Items to place them into the folder.

To move a single graph or notebook, you can also click the three vertical dots and then select Move. This will allow you to move it to an existing folder or add it to a new folder.

GIF showing two selected graphs dragged into a folder, creating a folder and adding a graph.

Deleting Saved Work

Dropdown menu from the more options menu to display the option for deleting. screenshot

To delete a graph or notebook, click the three vertical dots to the right of the name. Then, select Delete.

Delete Folder option: which removes the folder and moves any graphs or notebooks back to your saved work view, or Delete Folder and Items, which deletes both the folder and its contents. Screenshot.

To delete a folder, select the three vertical dots to the right of the folder name. Then, select Delete Folder. This option moves any graphs or notebooks back into your Saved Work view.

Or, select Delete Folder and Graphs. This option deletes both the folder, its contents, and link to its gallery.

Animation showing multi-selecting graphs or notebooks to show bulk buttons appear for deletion. GIF.

To delete multiple graphs or notebooks at once, select your items by checking the box next to each item name. You can also press and hold SHIFT to select multiple items at a time. Then, click Delete Items.

 

Sharing Your Work

Click Share to share links or images of your graphs or notebooks. You can share links to your Graphing, Geometry, or 3D Calculator graphs in two ways, and you have extra options for notebooks.

Animation of opening the Share menu and hovering over Share and Snapshot and Save and Share This Graph.

Share a Snapshot

Animation of the “share a snapshot” option for a graph and opening the snapshot in a new tab to showing the snapshot icon.

If you want to share what your graph or notebook looks like at a specific moment without saving it to your account, click Share a Snapshot. Or, press

CTRL
+
SHIFT
+
S
(Windows) or
CMD
+
SHIFT
+
S
(Mac).

The snapshot will display your graph or notebook exactly as it looked when you generated the link. It will not change if you update the original source.

You can’t edit or delete a snapshot because it does not save to your account. If you think you’ll want to make changes later, use the Save and Share This Graph or Save and Share This Notebook option instead.

Save and Share Your Work

Share option menu showing the 'save and share' option highlighted. Screenshot

If you'd like to save your graph or notebook to your account and share it, click Save and Share This Graph or Save and Share This Notebook. This option creates a shareable link that stays the same even if you keep editing your graph or notebook later. Anyone with the link will always see the latest version with your most recently saved edits.

Importing a Graph Link

Copying a link and pasting into the expression list of a new graph to show the graph is imported. GIF.

If you paste a link to a graph into the expression list of a new graph, the new graph will import the contents of the linked graph. You can only paste links to graphs made in the same tool, with two exceptions. You can paste links from the Graphing Calculator into the Geometry Tool. You can also paste any type of graph into Notebook.

To import a saved graph into a notebook, paste a graph link directly into the Item menu and then click the thumbnail to insert the graph.

Share Your Notebook

You have extra options for what your viewer can see and do when you share notebooks.

When you share a snapshot or shared notebook, viewers will be directed to a link where they can drag sliders, move points, and interact with other items, but they won’t be able to edit any of the contents. Click Preview while in the editor to see how your shared notebook will appear to others.

To go to the editor from any shared notebook, click Open in Editor. Or, when sharing a snapshot or shared notebook, click Link Opens in Editor to have your notebook open in the editor automatically.

Image showing the preview of My First Notebook.

 

Note: When you share either type of link with someone else, they can save a copy to their account. They can also make edits to their version, but any changes they make will not affect the version in your account.

 

What Can You Share?

Graphing Calculator
  • A snapshot
  • A link to your saved graph
  • An image (PNG, SVG, or to a Braille embosser)
  • A generated embed code (allows you to copy the HTML code necessary to embed your graph in another webpage)
Geometry Tool
  • A snapshot
  • A link to your saved graph
  • An image (PNG, SVG, or to a Braille embosser)
3D Calculator
  • A snapshot
  • A link to your saved graph
Notebook
  • A snapshot
  • A link to your saved graph

To learn more about embossing graphs in Braille, please visit our Accessibility page.

 

Recovering Lost Work

Save graph window, highlighting the where the 'Lost Work? Attempt Recovery' link is located. Screenshot.

If you were signed in and accidentally closed your graph without saving your work, you might still be able to recover your work.

Click Open Graph or enter

CTRL
+
O
(Windows) or
CMD
+
O
(Mac). Then, select Saved Graphs and scroll to the bottom of the viewing window. Select Lost Work? Attempt Recovery to view your most recent unsaved graphs from the Graphing Calculator and Geometry Tool.

 

Image showing the recover graph viewing window. Screenshot.

Click the desired graph to open and restore your work. Make sure to click Save Copy if you’d like to keep your updates.

Help menu open, showing the link to email Desmos Support. Screenshot.

If you can’t find the graph you hope to restore, please contact us at support@desmos.com. Describe the graph as best you can, including details like when you last worked on it (specifying your time zone) and the email associated with your Desmos account.

Please note that if the graph was never initially saved, we may not be able to recover it.

 

Learn More

Please write in with any questions or feedback to support@desmos.com.