While you work on a document, Google Documents automatically saves previous versions. An older version of a Google Docs document can be viewed, restored, renamed, or deleted whenever you like. It makes recording the changes you make to a document simple.
When working on papers with a group of people, Google Docs’ version history function might be useful. Naturally, in order to utilize this functionality, you must have Owner or Editor access to the document. We’ll demonstrate how to examine and manage a Google Docs document’s version history in this post. So let’s get started straight away.
HOW TO VIEW VERSION HISTORY IN GOOGLE DOCS
It’s not difficult to see a Google Docs document’s revision history. It can be accessed in a few different ways. Here are the two.
Step 1: Visit the Google Docs site in a web browser, sign in with your Google Account details, and open the document wherein you want to see the version history.
Step 2: Click the File menu at the top-left corner, select Version history from the context menu, and choose ‘See version history’ from the submenu.
You can also rapidly see the version history of a document in Google Docs by pressing the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H (on Windows) or Command + Option + Shift + H (on macOS).
You may view previous iterations of your document in the Version history panel on your right, along with the date, time, and author. You can click on an older version to preview it. Google Docs will display the differences between the current and older versions as highlighted and strikethrough text.
RESTORING A PREVIOUS VERSION OF A GOOGLE DOCS DOCUMENT
You can go back to a previous version of a Google Docs document in addition to reading its version history. So, you can utilize this capability to go back to a previous version if another collaborator makes any inappropriate changes. Here is how you can do it.
Step 1: Launch the Google Docs site in a web browser and open your Google Docs document.
Step 2: Click the File menu at the top-left corner, go to Version history, and select See version history.
Step 3: Locate the version you’d like to revert to. Click the three-dot menu icon next to it and select Restore this version.
Step 4: Click Restore to confirm.
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