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# Save States

You can access your save states by pausing your game, then pressing either "Save State" (to create a new one) or "Load State" (to load one). You can long-press any save state to view more options.

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It's always recommended to use in-game saves as they are more reliable than save states.
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### Making Save States

**Select "Save State" from the pause menu,** then tap '+' in the top right to create a new one or tap an existing save state to overwrite it.

                                      

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### **Loading Save States**

**Select "Load State" from the pause menu,** then tap the save state you want to load. You can change the ordering of your save states by tapping the arrow in the top right.

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You can also access the save states for a game by long-pressing it from the library.
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### Renaming Save States

Long-press the save state you want to rename, then select "Rename".

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### Deleting Save States

Long-press the save state you want to delete, then select "Delete".

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## Types of Save States

### Auto Save

These are save states that Delta periodically makes in the background to prevent you from losing your progress.

### General

These are save states explicitly made by you and **can** be overwritten.

### **Locked**

These are save states explicitly made by you and **can't** be overwritten. You can lock any save state by long-pressing it and choosing "Lock". To unlock a locked save state, long-press it and choose "Unlock".

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## Preview Save State

The Preview Save State feature in Delta allows you to choose a save state to load automatically when long-pressing a game. To change the preview state for a game, long-press one of your save states and select "Set as Preview Save State".

Once you set a preview state, you can long-press the game in your library and it will show that save state as a preview. Simply press the game screen to jump right in!

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