Managing your audits.

The audit menu

Every audit page has a three-dot menu (⋮) in the top right. Clicking it opens a dropdown with the main audit actions:

• View — open the audit (useful when you reach the menu from a list)
• Open URL — opens the original audited page in a new tab
• Refresh audit — re-runs the audit with the latest version of the URL
• Archived audits — see previous versions of this audit
• Edit — change audit settings (public/private, password, interval, notifications)
• Delete — permanently remove the audit

Next to the menu, you'll often find a download icon (↓) for exporting the audit as a branded PDF.

Refresh

The Refresh audit action re-runs the audit against the live URL. Use it whenever you want a fresh picture — for example, after you've shipped fixes and want to confirm the score has improved.

Refreshing an audit:

• Runs all 50+ checks again against the current live URL
• Saves the previous result to the audit's archive (nothing is lost)
• Updates the score, issue list, and AI summary with the fresh data
• Counts as one audit against your monthly limit

Edit

Choose Edit from the menu to change an audit's settings after it was created. You land on the Edit audit screen with four configurable fields:

• URL — read-only, shown for reference
• Public audit — toggle visibility
• Password — optional password protection for public audits
• Audit check interval — set or change the schedule (6h, 12h, daily, multi-day, or None)
• Notifications — wire up notification handlers for scheduled runs

Make your changes, click Update, and the settings take effect for all future runs. Full detail on every setting is in Audit settings.

Audit history and archived audits

Every time an audit runs — whether manually via Refresh or automatically via a scheduled interval — the result is saved as a new version. Previous versions aren't deleted; they're archived.

To access an audit's history:

1. Open the audit
2. Click the clock/history icon in the top action bar, or pick Archived audits from the three-dot menu

You'll see a chronological list of every version with its score and run date. Click any version to view the full details of that historical audit, exactly as it was at the time.

Comparing versions

The history view lets you compare two versions side-by-side. This is where the real value comes in:

• Seeing which specific checks moved from Failed to Passed (the ones you fixed)
• Spotting regressions — checks that went from Passed to Failed after a deploy
• Tracking score trends over weeks or months
• Proving progress to clients or stakeholders

Export to PDF

The download icon (↓) in the audit header exports the full report as a PDF. Useful for:

• Delivering client reports as a polished deliverable
• Attaching to proposals or pitches
• Archiving specific versions externally
• Printing for offline review

On Professional and Agency plans, PDF exports are white-labelled — they use your own logo, colours and title instead of Smart SEO Audit's branding. Configure your white-label settings in your account preferences.

Delete

Deleting an audit removes it permanently — the audit itself, its archived versions, and all its data. This cannot be undone.

A few things that happen when you delete:

• All archived versions of the audit are also deleted
• If the audit was public, the public link immediately returns 404
• Scheduled rechecks are cancelled
• The associated website entry may remain (if other audits still reference it)

The Websites view

Beyond individual audits, Smart SEO Audit groups audits by domain in the Websites section (accessible from the sidebar).

The Websites view shows:

• Every domain you've audited, automatically grouped
• The number of active and archived audits per domain
• The most recent score for each domain
• A visual issue indicator (coloured dots)
• Quick actions: calendar, archive, history, more menu

This is the fastest way to answer "how's my site doing overall?" or "across all our client sites, where are the biggest problems?". Click any domain to drill into its audits.