diff --git a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
index 9503cb874..35faa8fe6 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/lib/editor/Editor.ts
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 	setHoveredShape(shape: TLShapeId | TLShape | null): this {
 		const id = typeof shape === 'string' ? shape : shape?.id ?? null
 		if (id === this.getHoveredShapeId()) return this
-		this.updateCurrentPageState({ hoveredShapeId: id })
+		this.updateCurrentPageState({ hoveredShapeId: id }, { history: 'ignore' })
 		return this
 	}
 
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 		})
 
 		transact(() => {
-			this.updateInstanceState({ followingUserId: userId })
+			this.updateInstanceState({ followingUserId: userId }, { history: 'ignore' })
 
 			// we listen for page changes separately from the 'moveTowardsUser' tick
 			const dispose = react('update current page', () => {
@@ -3331,7 +3331,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 	 * @public
 	 */
 	stopFollowingUser(): this {
-		this.batch(() => {
+		this.history.ignore(() => {
 			// commit the current camera to the store
 			this.store.put([this.getCamera()])
 			// this must happen after the camera is committed
@@ -3817,7 +3817,8 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 	createAssets(assets: TLAsset[]): this {
 		if (this.getInstanceState().isReadonly) return this
 		if (assets.length <= 0) return this
-		return this.batch(() => this.store.put(assets))
+		this.history.ignore(() => this.store.put(assets))
+		return this
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -3835,7 +3836,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 	updateAssets(assets: TLAssetPartial[]): this {
 		if (this.getInstanceState().isReadonly) return this
 		if (assets.length <= 0) return this
-		return this.batch(() => {
+		this.history.ignore(() => {
 			this.store.put(
 				assets.map((partial) => ({
 					...this.store.get(partial.id)!,
@@ -3843,6 +3844,7 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 				}))
 			)
 		})
+		return this
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -3866,7 +3868,8 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter<TLEventMap> {
 				: (assets as TLAsset[]).map((a) => a.id)
 		if (ids.length <= 0) return this
 
-		return this.batch(() => this.store.remove(ids))
+		this.history.ignore(() => this.store.remove(ids))
+		return this
 	}
 
 	/**