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How to use version history

Copy content, view changes, or restore pages of an earlier project version

Written by Jørgen Wigum Lurvik

How to use Version History

Copy content, view changes, or restore pages from an earlier project version

Version History gives you a complete record of every change made to a project over its lifetime, which makes collaborating in Vev more secure. Use it to trace how a design has evolved, recover copy you thought was gone, or roll a project back to an earlier state. Acting as your team's creative memory, it makes sure nothing is ever permanently overwritten or lost.

Vev saves and stores versions of your project automatically. Use Version History to:

  • Copy content from any past version into the present

  • See what changed, and who changed it

  • Restore pages from an earlier version

Note: Version History is only available on paid plans.

Open the Version History panel

  1. In the Design Editor, open the project menu in the top-left corner

  2. Click "Show version history"

A panel opens on the right of your canvas, listing every saved version of your project.

View a previous version

Select any version from the list to review it. For each one you can see who made the changes, what they edited, and when.

Filter the list by:

  • All (default): every version

  • Published: versions that have been published to a destination

  • Manually saved: versions saved by a user

  • Auto-saved: versions Vev saved automatically

While previewing a version, you can browse its pages and layers. Open the layers panel to see exactly what changed on each page.

Copy and paste from a previous version

When you're viewing a previous version, you can copy anything on the canvas and paste it straight into the version you're currently working on. It's a quick way to reuse old copy or elements without rebuilding them or digging up the original.

Restore a previous version

Want to roll your project back to an older design? Not a problem.

  1. Open Version History

  2. Select the version you want to restore

  3. Click the blue "Restore" button, or use the overflow menu on that version

  4. Confirm which version and pages to restore

Your current version is then replaced with the one you restored. Vev automatically saves a backup of the version you had right before the rollback, so you can always get back to it.

Manually save a version

Vev saves versions for you automatically, but you can also save one yourself whenever you want an extra checkpoint for control and security.

  1. Open Version History

  2. Click "Add to version history", next to the "Close" button

  3. Give the version a name so it's easier to find later (optional)

The version is added to the list right away. You can rename any version later from the overflow menu.

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