# Mercurial: Backout Dialog Box

Use the Backout dialog box to back out the effect of a commit. More

You access this dialog box by selecting a versioned project, file or folder and either:

- choosing Team > Recover > Backout from the main menu
- right-clicking the selected item and choose Mercurial > Recover > Backout from the context menu

In the Backout dialog box, you have to set the following properties:

Element | Description
--- | ---
Choose from Revisions | .Choose a changeset from the list.
Filter | .Specify filtering conditions to apply to the list of available changesets.
Details | .Displays the details of the selected revision.
Author | Name of a person who committed the revision.
Date | Date when the commit of the revision was made.
Description | Message specified during the commit of the revision.
Commit Msg | Specify a message used as a commit message for the backout commit.

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