# Local History

The following preferences can be changed on the General > Workspace > Local History page.

Option | Description | Default
--- | --- | ---
Limit history size | If enabled, then options below will be used to limit the local history size on disk. | Enabled
Days to keep files | Indicates for how many days you want to maintain changes in the local history. History state older than this value will be lost. | 7 days
Maximum entries per File | Indicates how many history states per file you want to maintain in the local history. If you exceed this value, you will lose older history to make room for new history. | 50 entries
Maximum file size (MB) | Indicates the maximum size of individual states in the history store. If a file is over this size, it will not be stored. | 1 MB

Here is what the Local History preference page looks like:

Local History