Contents
- 1 How do I download a previous version of a document in SharePoint?
- 2 How do I export a SharePoint version history list?
- 3 How do I recover a previous version of an Excel document in SharePoint?
- 4 How to view version history in SharePoint Server?
- 5 How does versioning work in a SharePoint list?
- 6 How to download and export documents from SharePoint?
Viewing previous versions of Documents without restoring them.
- In the version history list for the document in question, hover your mouse over the link in the modified column for the file you want to view.
- Right click on the link and click on “save target as”
- Download the file to your machine.
2 Answers
- Use the Export to Excel option in the List section of the ribbon (make sure the list view you export includes a modified column – thanks T6J2E5).
- Save the owssvr.iqy file and open with notepad.
- Copy just the URL from the file and paste it back into your browser, adding “&IncludeVersions=TRUE”
For a file stored in OneDrive or a SharePoint Online library, you can go back to an earlier version of the file and restore it.
- Open the file you want to restore and go to File > Info.
- If the file has previous versions, you’ll see a button called Version History. Select it to open the pane.
- Select a version to view it.
How do I restore a document in SharePoint?
Restore Files in SharePoint
- Click Recycle bin on the left side of the screen.
- Locate the file you wish to restore and single click it.
- Click Restore.
- The document is restored in its original location, before it was deleted.
How to restore a previous version of an item or file in SharePoint?
If your SharePoint lists or libraries are set to track versions, you can restore a previous version of a list item or file. To learn how you can delete a version, all versions, or just minor versions of an item or file if your list or library is configured for it, see Delete a previous version on an item or file in SharePoint.
View version history in SharePoint Server 2016, 2013, or 2010 Navigate to the list or library that contains the item or file you want to explore. Hover over the item or file for which you want to view the history, click the arrow that appears, and select Version History from the drop-down list.
When you set up versioning, you set a maximum number of versions to save. When the maximum number of versions are saved, SharePoint deletes the oldest to accommodate newer versions. You can set SharePoint to save more versions, up to the system limit. For more info, see How does versioning work in a SharePoint list or library.
Versions will be named [filename ]_v [version#] . [ extension]. The DownloadMetadata function will download all the document library’s metadata as well as list data from the site and export it as a CSV file.