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Day 3Productivity18 Oct 2026

Wayback Machine: open old or deleted web pages, and save a page before it disappears

“Internet se delete hui cheez wapas aa sakti hai.”

Paste any link, pick a date on the calendar and see the page exactly as it looked that day. Its archive holds more than a trillion saved web pages, going back to the 1990s.

Open Wayback Machine

How to use it

  1. 01Open web.archive.org.
  2. 02Paste the link of the page you want.
  3. 03Pick a year, then a highlighted date on the calendar.
  4. 04To keep a copy of an important page now, open web.archive.org/save, paste the link and press Save Page.

Use it when

  • A college or company removed a notice, result or job post you needed.
  • A page changed and you want to see what it said before.
  • You want proof of what a page showed on a certain date.

Keep in mind

  • Not every page is saved: only what was archived before it changed.
  • Pages behind a login, such as your inbox or a college portal, are not archived.

Questions people ask

Can I see a deleted website?

Often, yes, if the Wayback Machine saved it before it was deleted. Paste the old link and pick a date that is highlighted on the calendar.

How do I save a web page permanently?

Open web.archive.org/save, paste the link and press Save Page. A copy is stored in the archive with today's date.

Is the Wayback Machine free?

Yes. It is run by the Internet Archive, a non-profit, and needs no account to browse or to save a page.