Google Sheets: Show processing history - how it works

An overview of all changes can be very useful, especially when several people are working on a document. We'll show you how you can view the processing history on Google Sheets.

Google Sheets: View the processing history of a cell

Working with multiple people in Google Sheets at the same time can be difficult. If you want to know who changed the content of a particular cell and what was there before, you can do this in just a few steps.

1. Select the respective cell with the right mouse button.
2. Recently you have the button "Show processing history" to choose from.
3. If you select this, you will get a detailed overview of all changes to this cell.

Track version history in Google Sheets: Here's how

If the processing history of a single cell is not enough for you, you can display the version history of an entire document. To do this, proceed as follows.

1. Open the document and click on "File" in the top left corner.
2. A dropdown menu opens, move the cursor to "Version history".
3. Click on "View version history" to get an overview of all changes to the document (Picture 1).
4. To get a better overview, you can also name the different versions. To do this, click on "Name this version" on the desired version (Picture 2).