Published: 2026-06-24
Keep a record of your random draws (and export them as a spreadsheet)
A random draw is a fleeting thing. You spin the wheel, a name comes up, everyone nods, and then the tab closes and the result is gone. That's usually fine — most picks don't matter five minutes later. But every so often one does: the prize winner someone wants to dispute, the chore that got assigned last Tuesday, the standup order you swear you didn't rig. The moment a result needs to be defended, "I'm pretty sure it was random" is a weak hand to be holding. A quiet running log of what each tool actually picked, and when, turns it into a strong one.
Every tool quietly keeps its last few results
You don't have to switch anything on. As you use the randomizers across this site, each one records its most recent results on your device — the winning name, the shuffled order, the card you drew — alongside the exact time it happened. The randomizer history & export page is simply the one place where all of that comes together. Open it and you'll see your draws grouped tool by tool, each group collapsible, each entry stamped with the date and time it was generated. Nothing here is something you had to remember to save; it was being kept all along.
One detail worth knowing up front: the log is a rolling one. Each tool holds onto its ten most recent results, and an eleventh draw pushes the oldest off the bottom. That keeps the history useful and uncluttered for everyday picks without slowly filling your browser's storage. The practical consequence is simple — if a particular result matters enough to keep forever, don't rely on it sitting in the log indefinitely. Export it.
One click turns the log into a spreadsheet
The Export all (CSV) button gathers every stored result from every tool into a single comma-separated file your spreadsheet app opens without fuss. The layout is deliberately plain: three columns — the tool that produced the result, the timestamp in standard ISO format, and the result itself. A multi-line result, like a full shuffled list, is flattened onto one line so each draw stays a single tidy row. That's all a record needs to be. Drop the file into the fundraiser's books, attach it to the meeting notes, or just keep it in a folder as proof that the draw happened the way you said it did.
Because the export is genuine CSV, you're not locked into it. Sort by time to reconstruct the order of a whole evening's draws, filter to a single tool, or paste a column into an email. The file is yours to do anything with, which is the entire point of exporting rather than taking a screenshot.
It all stays on your device
The history lives in your browser's local storage and nowhere else. No account, no upload, no server quietly keeping a copy — the results sit on the one machine you generated them on, which is why you won't see your phone's draws on your laptop and vice versa. That's a privacy feature, not a limitation: a classroom name picker shouldn't be syncing children's names to anyone, and a prize draw shouldn't depend on a service staying online. The flip side is that the log is tied to this browser, so if you clear your site data or switch devices, it's gone. For anything you actually want to keep, the CSV export is the bridge off the device.
Clearing up, on your terms
The same page lets you wipe history when you're done with it. Each tool's group has its own Clear this tool's history button for tidying a single log, and there's a Clear all history control that empties every tool at once after a confirmation prompt, so you can't nuke months of records with a stray click. Clearing is immediate and final — there's no undo, because there's no copy anywhere else to restore from. If you're about to clear and you weren't sure whether you'd want the data later, export first and clear second.
Where a saved record actually earns its keep
The history pays off most on the draws people care about. Run a raffle or giveaway drawer for a fundraiser and the exported row is your receipt — who won, at what time, in writing. Pull several names with a multiple winners picker for a contest and you've got an instant audit trail to publish alongside the announcement. Even a humble single picker decision becomes harder to second-guess when there's a timestamped log saying exactly what it chose and when. The record doesn't change how fair the draw was; it changes whether you can prove it afterwards.
Draw freely, keep what matters
The nicest thing about a history that runs itself is that you can ignore it completely until the day you can't. Spin, pick, and shuffle as casually as you like, knowing the last several results of each tool are sitting there if anyone asks. And when a draw is one you'll want on the record for good, the history & export page is one click away from turning it into a file you own — private, portable, and proof.