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# PetscViewerPopFormat
Resets the format for a `PetscViewer` to the value it had before the previous call to `PetscViewerPushFormat()`
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscsys.h"
PetscErrorCode PetscViewerPopFormat(PetscViewer viewer)
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameter
- ***viewer -*** the `PetscViewer`
## See Also
[](sec_viewers), `PetscViewer`, `PetscViewerFormat`, `PetscViewerASCIIOpen()`, `PetscViewerBinaryOpen()`, `MatView()`, `VecView()`,
`PetscViewerSetFormat()`, `PetscViewerPushFormat()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/sys/classes/viewer/interface/viewa.c
## Examples
src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex5.c
src/dm/tutorials/ex22.c
src/dm/tutorials/ex7.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex54.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex55.c
src/ksp/ksp/tutorials/ex56.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex17.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex56.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex62.c
src/sys/classes/viewer/tutorials/ex2.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex53.c
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[Index of all Viewer routines](index.md)
[Table of Contents for all manual pages](/manualpages/index.md)
[Index of all manual pages](/manualpages/singleindex.md)