# Steering, Stopping and Taking Back

While the AI works you can add instructions, stop it, or take back your last message.

## What it is

You do not have to wait for the AI to finish. Anything you send while it works is taken into account at its next step. **Stop** ends the current work, and a message the AI has not acted on yet can be taken back.

## When to use it

| Do this | When |
|---|---|
| Add an instruction | You remembered a detail, or want to narrow the job |
| Stop | It is clearly going the wrong way, or you want to do the rest yourself |
| Take back | You sent something by mistake, or too early |

## How to use it

1. **Add an instruction**: type and send while the AI is working. Your message shows **Queued** and then **Steering**, and the AI takes it into account at its next step.
2. **Stop**: click **Stop** (where the Send button is). The chat shows **Stopped.** Everything done so far stays in the chat.
3. **Take back**: hover over your message and click the **Take back** icon (a curved arrow) under it. The message goes back into the input box.

## Example

You asked for a report on last month's orders. While it works you notice it is including cancelled orders, so you send "leave out cancelled orders". The message shows **Steering**, and the AI changes course at its next step without starting over.

## Limits and permissions

- A message still **Queued** can always be taken back.
- Your latest sent message can be taken back only if the AI has not started answering or using tools yet, for example while it is still thinking, or right after you clicked **Stop**. It is then removed from the chat and the AI forgets it.
- **Stop** does not undo what was already done, such as a file already saved or a form already submitted.

## If something goes wrong

| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| The **Take back** icon is missing | The AI already started answering; send a correction instead |
| The AI ignored your added instruction | It takes it at the next step; if the step was long, repeat it after it finishes |
| You stopped too early | Send "continue" and say where to pick up |

## Related

- [Tool Steps, Approvals and Decisions](https://docs.micromeet.ai/chat/tool-steps-and-approvals.md): Follow each step the AI takes
- [Give Clear Instructions](https://docs.micromeet.ai/guides/clear-instructions.md): Fewer corrections from the start
- [Offline Queue and Retries](https://docs.micromeet.ai/chat/offline-and-retry.md): Messages sent without a connection