Confluence tracks histories of changes to pages by maintaining a version of the page each time it is modified. It is easy to view changes between different versions and to restore a previous version if required.

On this page:

Accessing the Page History View

To view the history of a page:

  • Go to the page and choose Tools > Page History.

You can click a version number to view that version. To get back to the page history view, click View Page History.

Screenshot: Page History View

When you are viewing a specific version of the page, the following functions are available:

Function

Description

current version

View the latest version of the page.

Compare with Current

Compare the differences between the version of the page you are viewing and the current version.

Restore this Version

Restore the page version you are viewing to be the current version.

View Page History

Return to the list of page versions.

<< Previous or Next >>

View the previous or next page version, respectively.

Viewing Changes in a Page History

The page history view and page information view allow you to view recent changes made to a page or to compare the differences between any two versions of a page.

Viewing Recent Changes

To view recent changes made to a page:

  1. Click view change at the top of the page below the page title. The page comparison view is displayed, showing the differences between the current version and the previous version.
    Or:

  2. Choose Tools > Info to go to the 'Information' view for the page.

  3. In the section titled 'Recent Changes' you will see the most recent versions of the page, along with the date of their modification and the name of the modifying author.
  4. Click view changes beside the desired version. The page comparison view is displayed, showing the differences between the selected and previous versions.

Comparing Two Different Versions of a Page

To compare two different versions of a page:

  1. Go to the page and choose Tools > Page History.

  2. Select the versions you want to compare by selecting the check boxes beside them.
  3. Click Compare selected versions. The page comparison view is displayed, showing the text differences between the selected versions.

Page Comparison View

The page comparison view shows the differences between selected page versions.

Key

On the page comparison view, the following key indicates the differences between the selected page versions:

Highlight

Meaning

Green

Added content

Red

Deleted content

Blue

Changed formatting



Screenshot: Comparing Changes

Interactive views

When a page comparison view is first displayed, all large sections of unchanged text are hidden and reduced to an ellipsis . . ..

You can view page changes between versions which are adjacent to your current page comparison view. Click the link containing:

  • << to view the page comparison with the earlier adjacent version
  • >> to view the page comparison with the more recent adjacent version.

For example, if your page comparison view is between v. 30 and v. 34 of a page, you can view changes between:

  • v. 29 and v. 30 by clicking << Changes from 29 to 30
  • v. 34 and v. 35 by clicking Changes from 34 to 35 >>

Other Page History View Features

You can also use the page history view to:

Related Topics

Viewing Page Information
Working with Pages
Tracking Updates

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