# Screen doesnt stay the same
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010 "2021-04-01T16:32:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@sc.sarah2000sw93f](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sc.sarah2000sw93f)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010/1 "2021-04-01T16:32:58Z")
I just started using thunkable for a school projects and while I’m doing it i realised that for example;
When user makes a change on screen a and then leaves the screen to go to screen b when coming back to screen a it reverts to the default as if no change was made initially. Is this supposed to happen? is there any way to prevent this
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010/2 "2021-04-01T17:17:19Z")
yes there are 2 ways
**1** use columns as a screen
**2** use local db
u can such anyone one way
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010/3 "2021-04-01T18:40:50Z")
Hey @sc.sarah2000sw93f - what sort of project are you working on?
Generally I wouldn’t recommend using column as screens (but sometimes it’s fine)
As @eko.devs.apploroceo suggests the Local DB or perhaps stored variables would be a good choice
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010/4 "2021-04-01T20:34:23Z")
With tools like Thunkable, the screen resets to its initial values each time you start the app or switch screens. If you want to keep a setting for later, change a variable value and then use that variable when opening the screen.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/screen-doesnt-stay-the-same/1201010/5 "2024-11-08T13:25:36Z")