This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities.
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This wikiHow will teach you how to check the Google Doc history in a web browser on a computer. You can't check the history of a Doc using the mobile app or mobile web browser on a phone or tablet. Viewing the version history is also available for other Google apps like Google Sheets and Google Slides.
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If you have Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Standard, or Education Plus, you can also see who edited what. To see who edited a section, select it with your cursor, right-click the selection, and click Show editors.
If you're using Google Sheets, you can check the history of a particular cell by right-clicking the cell and selecting Show edit history.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. This article has been viewed 52,711 times.
How helpful is this? Co-authors: 3 Updated: October 25, 2022 Views: 52,711 Categories: Google DocsArticle Summary X 1. Open a file in Google Docs.
2. Click File > Version history > See version history.
3. Click a version (if you want to restore a previous version).
4. Click Restore this version.
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