View document version history

Published documents keep a history of title and content changes. You can open History of changes, compare adjacent versions, and restore an earlier version. Restoring creates a new current version; later versions stay in the history.

Drafts have no history.

View history#

1. Open the document.
2. Click the … menu in the top right corner.
3. Select History of changes. The page heading is History of changes.
4. Select a version in the timeline. The Latest badge marks the current version.
5. Review the selected version’s title and content on the left.

Anyone who can view the document can open History of changes.

Compare versions#

1. On History of changes, click See what changed on a version in the timeline.
2. Review the Before and After panes. The legend uses Removed and Added.

Restore a version#

Restoring requires permission to edit the document. Restores do not notify people.

1. On History of changes, select the version you want.
2. Click Restore This Version.
3. Confirm on Restore this version? The message is: This replaces the current title and content with the selected version. Later versions will stay in the history.
4. Click Restore. Click Cancel to keep the current version.

If someone saved a newer version while you had the page open, Operately shows Document changed since you opened it. Click Reload and try again.

Edge cases#

Caution

Drafts have no history until the first publish. Copying a document does not copy its history. Restoring a version that matches the current title and content does nothing.

See also Edit a document and Export document as Markdown.