SharePoint tips and tricks: 3 – Version history

Have you or your colleagues made many edits to your file and you now wish to go back to an earlier version of that same file? Why not use Version history in SharePoint, which allows you to view any edits made to the file and restore an earlier version if you wish!

Image of a person on a computer with different folder versions open

16 Jun 2026

This is how it works:

In SharePoint, open the relevant file by clicking into it (for example a Word document).
Go to File, then Version History.
Pick a Version of your file that you want to restore from the right-hand side pop-up window (You’ll be able to see all edits made in the document as you click through the options), and click the Restore button above the file. The version you picked will now become the new current version.
That’s it!

Check back next week for more SharePoint tips and tricks!