Get SharePoint Document Set version history

Learn how to see the version history for a Document Set in SharePoint


The challenge

In SharePoint when you click on the version history you will see a blank screen

SharePoint version history panel showing a blank screen with no versions listed when clicking version history on a Document Set

There is an option to select Capture Version History but it does not give you any previous versions

The solution

To see the version history of a Document Set in SharePoint do the following steps.

Step 1
Right click on the Document Set and click version history

Step 2
Open your developer tools (F12) and click Select Element tool (CTRL+SHIFT+C)

Hover your mouse over No. and click it.

Browser developer tools with the Select Element tool active and the mouse hovering over the No. column header in the version history dialog

In your developer tool you will now see a link just above the element you just selected - Click to open the link.

Browser developer tools HTML panel showing the DocSetVersions URL link above the selected element to click and open directly

The link will be similar to this

https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/Blog2/_layouts/15/DocSetVersions.aspx?list={645e1330-5bfb-4edf-a44d-c7d1fc4a2cf3}&ID=2&col=Version&order=a&IsDlg=1

Step 3
Do the following changes to the link

  • Replace DocSetVersions with Versions
  • Remove &col=Version…..

Your link should now be similar to this

https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/Blog2/_layouts/15/Versions.aspx?list={645e1330-5bfb-4edf-a44d-c7d1fc4a2cf3}&ID=2

The version history of the Document Set is now available

SharePoint Versions page showing the full version history of the Document Set after changing DocSetVersions to Versions and removing the col parameter from the URL


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