How to Delete Version History in Google Docs

Learn how to delete the version history for a Google doc or sheet. Although there isn’t a way to directly get rid of version history in Google Docs, there are a few workarounds that can help you remove access to and hide version history for a document.

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Intro: 0:00
Accessing version history: 00:12
Can you turn off version history?: 00:27
Can you delete version history?: 00:50
Making a copy to delete version history: 01:08
Resharing the new file: 01:55
Viewers can’t see version history: 02:11
Outro: 03:01

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[Luhderin]

So we all here after cheating and we are paranoid about being caught

[juliedeguia]

This is exactly what I needed. The permissions is what I was wondering about, with making someone a Viewer only. Thank you!

[gamergirlreal]

Thank you so much dude. You don't now how much I needed this!

[JohnTaylorHK]

My (limited) experience of Google Sheets is that it is a (very!) poor cousin of MS Excel. Limiting the number of named versions should be by the size of your free space on Google drive or wherever, not some arbitrary (low) number.

[rishabag]

Hey how can we access this on mobile app?

[akcreation]

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