Recover a previous version of a Google Doc, Sheet or Slide
About: As you update and edit a Doc, Sheet or Slide - Google Drive keeps track of versions automatically without needing to click save. You can easily restore to a previous version of the file by following the instructions below. The instructions below are only applicable to files are a Google Doc, Sheet, Slide, etc.
If you are looking for instructions on how to restore a previous version of non Google Doc, Sheet or Slide file (PDF's, Excel, etc),
see this help article.
| Open Google Drive
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| Open the Doc, Sheet or Slide file
Double click the file to open it in a new tab
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| Open Version History
Click the link where it says "Last edit was made..."
or Click File > Version History > See version history
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| Restore previous version
Select the version along the right that you want to restore to, then click Restore this version.
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