Claude Code

Rewind Claude After a Wrong Turn Instead of Arguing With It

How to roll the chat and your code back to the message before Claude went wrong, what comes back in the prompt box, and the changes rewind cannot undo

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When Claude takes a wrong turn, the usual fix is to argue: "no, not that file", "try again". Claude Code sends your full conversation with every request, so the wrong turn and every correction stay in the chat and ride along each time. Rewinding takes them out of the conversation instead.

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Unlocks: Step 1: open the rewind menu · Step 2: pick the message before the mistake · Other options in the same menu · The catch · Sources

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