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How to View the Edit History of a Cell in Google Sheets

In Google Sheets, you can view the whole version history of a Sheet or you can view a specific cell, this is called the 'Edit history'.


Step 1 - Open your Google Sheet, right-click on the cell you want to view the edit history of and select 'Show edit history'.


Right click menu in Google sheets showing the show edit history button highlighted

Step 2 - The edit history will be shown, showing the most recent first.


The edit cell history box in Google Sheets

Step 3 - To view previous edits use the arrows in the top right of the Edit history box.


Edit history in Google Sheets for a cell

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