# Check or revert to earlier file versions in Drive

### View or revert to earlier versions of Docs, Sheets, and Slides files

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<span class="yellow-text">**Note:**</span> You need **Owner** or **Can edit** access to see the version history.

> 1. In [Drive](https://drive.google.com/), open your file.
> 2. Click **File**![and then](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QbWcYKta5vh_4-OgUeFmK-JOB0YgLLoGh69P478nE6mKdfpWQniiBabjF7FVoCVXI0g=h18 "and then")**Version history**![and then](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QbWcYKta5vh_4-OgUeFmK-JOB0YgLLoGh69P478nE6mKdfpWQniiBabjF7FVoCVXI0g=h18 "and then")**See version history**.
> 3. Click a timestamp to see a previous version of the file. Below the timestamp, you’ll see: > - Names of people who edited the document.
>     > - A color next to each person’s name. The edits they made appear in that color.
> 4. (Optional) To revert to this version, click **Restore this version**.

### Upload a new version of a non-Google file to Drive

<div id="bkmrk--0">![" "](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Uy1BBioRgZ6-qvgnOK0PvNZRCHsZ5kWcugPzmd4KkTl_jO71vaHA6hkizz_e-kzJlQ=w720 "" "")</div>#### <span class="green-text">On the web</span>

> 1. In [Drive](https://drive.google.com/), right-click the file that isn’t in a Google format and select **Manage versions**.
> 2. Click **Upload New Version** and select the file from your computer.
> 3. When the new version is uploaded, click **Close**.

#### <span class="green-text">From your computer</span>

> 1. If you haven't already, install [Drive File Stream](https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9310458#1.2).
> 2. On your computer, find the non-Google file.
> 3. Click Drive File Stream ![Drive File Stream](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FxRZSjTLDixh4Kpj0rjLrLA5Qfi85xp-mWNLaPdH_QTHSznXqlhINU2Wf6Zrh4ZcZZE=w18-h18 "Drive File Stream").
> 4. Click Open Google Drive ![Folder](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3PvdyiaMIWIi1F2m2tAAirW5s-mFaTfXRfT-Ss-wBhEJmJCWq42syJWBpAc3rsIDgs4=w18 "Folder").
> 5. Do one of the following actions: > - To move the file, drag it into a folder.
>     > - To copy the file, copy and paste it into a folder.

The file synchronizes automatically to Drive on the web. If you update an existing file, the previous file is overwritten, but versions are maintained.

### Download or revert to earlier versions of non-Google files in Drive

![" "](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Uy1BBioRgZ6-qvgnOK0PvNZRCHsZ5kWcugPzmd4KkTl_jO71vaHA6hkizz_e-kzJlQ=w720 "" "")

> 1. In [Drive](https://drive.google.com/), click the file and at the top right, click More ![More](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/plWaeQf1q9tZoOsVu04W-RswG2eL_C0OabanXTCrGuiT5Gqi181DmUNk6AnmbVytdIsN=w18-h18 "More")![and then](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WYTLHN5y31vMfRPzMnDQ9jJ3lVZ5sBc2MieCucfJs-Twzhe32gBpS30qXjNVJG4PBo=w18-h18 "and then")**Manage versions**.
> 2. Click More ![More](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/plWaeQf1q9tZoOsVu04W-RswG2eL_C0OabanXTCrGuiT5Gqi181DmUNk6AnmbVytdIsN=w18-h18 "More")![and then](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WYTLHN5y31vMfRPzMnDQ9jJ3lVZ5sBc2MieCucfJs-Twzhe32gBpS30qXjNVJG4PBo=w18-h18 "and then")Download ![Download](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k-sxTdGXz_OQeCpm4kM9nAVY6r5F-uH-Obo7B3_TZTcca6Op122yZybP9emaUI65jn4=w18 "Download")to download the file.
> 3. (Optional) To revert to an earlier version (such as the one you downloaded above), click **Upload New Version**, find the version of the file, and click **Open**.
> 4. Click **Close**.