How To Check Google Sheets History

I ll be using google docs but the process is the same on the other two services as well.

How to check google sheets history. If the file isn t owned by a google account. Note however that you can t restore a previous version from the cell history. Using the menu option. Right click the cell then choose the show edit history option. The activity dashboard feature in google docs sheets and slides lets you see who has viewed a file and when they last viewed it.

It also shows the trend of views and comments and a sharing history. Mac users should hold cmd alt shift h. Once you ve opened a document head to file version history see version history. Recently google sheets has provided the ability to view the cell history changes for individual cells as well. First open up a file you have stored on google docs sheets or slides.

On your computer open google docs sheets or slides. Find the cell whose history you wish to view. If you re using windows hold simultaneously ctrl alt shift h. We can view the history of changes in google sheets by navigating to file version history see version history. Right click the cell then select show edit history.

Locate the cell whose history you want to view. A blue ring will appear around the google sheets cell you ve selected. Open a google doc file click on the upward trending arrow icon in the upper right or go to the tools pull down menu open the activity monitor click on the all viewers for your organization tab. The combination of controls is different for windows and mac users. Under activity dashboard turn off show your view history.

At the top left click menu settings. In this blog post i ll show you how the feature works and how you can configure the related privacy settings. Alternatively you can press ctrl alt shift h.