Restore an earlier version of a note

See a note's history and restore a version, and use the details panel.

In short

Every save of a note is kept as a version. Open its history to see who saved what and when, and restore an earlier version without losing the current one.

Before you start

• Who: anyone who can read the note sees its history.
• Plan: every plan. The newest 50 versions are kept.
• First: open the note and press "Show details".

Restore a version

1. Press "Show details" on the note and choose "History".
2. Versions are listed newest first, with who saved them and when. The first ten show; "Show all" lists the rest.
3. Press "Restore" on the one you want. It becomes the current text as a new version, and Undo is offered.

See what a version changed

1. Press "Show details" on the note and choose "History".
2. Press the compare button beside a version.
3. "The version before" shows what that save added and removed. "The note now" shows everything that changed from that version to the note as it is today.
4. Removed parts are struck through, added parts are marked, and long stretches nobody changed are folded - press one to open it.
5. To go back to that version, press "Restore this version". Restoring saves it as a new version, so nothing is lost.

The details panel

Good to know

• The newest 50 versions are kept. Pinning, favorites and archiving do not make a version.
• Restoring never overwrites: the old text becomes a new version on top.
• The assistant can read a note unless its notebook is private to someone else.

If something goes wrong

• "Version … of this note does not exist.": it was older than the 50 kept.

Related

• /help/notes/writing
• /help/notes/tags-and-files
• /help/notes/search