# Find past scans in job history

Source: https://www.ppcadeditor.com/knowledge-base/adscanner/history/
Last verified: 2026-10-30

Where are my old scans? **Job history** lists every AdScanner scan you have run, newest first, so you can go back to older scans. Scans Albert ran for you are listed too. Open it from **History** in the AdScanner section of the left menu, or click **All N jobs →** beside **Recent captures** on the AdScanner home page.

## What each row in job history shows

- **When** is when the job last changed, such as **Today · 09:14**.
- **Advertiser** is the domain or advertiser ID you searched. Click it to open the job.
- What does the **Run by** column show? The email address of the account that ran the job. It shows a dash for captures sent by the Chrome extension.
- **Engine** names what ran the job. A server search and an extension capture show different names.
- **Status** is **done**, **partial**, **running** or **failed**. A job you stopped while it ran shows **cancelled**, and a job waiting to start shows **queued**.
- **Captured** is how many ads the job kept.
- **Skipped** counts the ads your plan's limit left out, shown like **3 (quota)**.

**Send to Studio** at the end of a row opens that job, where you pick the ads to send.

## Filter job history

Type in **Filter by advertiser** to find a domain or ID. The status menu has **All statuses**, **Done**, **Partial**, **Running** and **Failed**. A cancelled job is listed under **Failed**, and a queued job under **Running**. The engine menu has **Both engines**, **Extension** and **Server**. **Refresh** reloads the list. If nothing fits, the page says **No jobs match these filters.**

## How long job history keeps scans

Job history keeps your scans on Lite and on Pro. The line under the **Job history** title ends with **History is kept.**, and the footer of the table says **History is kept** again, next to a count of your jobs and the ads captured.

## Who sees your job history

Job history lists the scans run with your own sign-in, whichever workspace you open AdScanner from. A teammate who signs in with their own account sees their own scans. To share what you found, send the ads into a PPC Ad Editor dashboard your teammates can open.

## What partial and failed mean

**partial** means the job reached your plan's limit and the advertiser has more ads. On Lite that is 5 ads in one job. On Pro it is 50 ads in one search. **failed** means the search did not bring back ads. **running** means the job is still working. **cancelled** means you stopped it.

## Stop a job that is still running

Click the job to open it. While it reads **running**, the job page has a **Cancel** button next to **Refresh**. Click it and the job shows **cancelled**. Ads already kept stay in the job, and the search still counts toward your daily searches. A job that still says running long after it started is stuck. Cancel it, then run the search again from the home page.

## Recent captures on the home page

The AdScanner home page lists your four newest jobs under **Recent captures**, with the same columns as job history. It reads **Loading recent captures…** while it loads. A search you just ran shows up there as soon as it finishes. With no jobs yet it says **No captures in your jobs yet** and **Search an advertiser above to find every creative they are running on Google.**

## When job history is empty

With no scans yet, the page says **No captures in your jobs yet** and offers **Go to Capture**, which opens the AdScanner home page to run a search. At /adscanner/jobs the same empty page says **No jobs yet** and **Start one from Capture.**

## Job history does not load

While it loads, the page says **Loading job history…**. If it says **Could not load job history** with a code in brackets, reload the page. If the code is about sign-in, such as **NOT_SIGNED_IN** or **INVALID_TOKEN**, sign in to PPC Ad Editor again, then reopen job history. If the page says **You are signed out**, click **Sign in**.

## Two addresses, one list

/adscanner/history and /adscanner/jobs both open **Job history** with the same table. Only the empty-page wording differs.