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title: Configuring and using page versioning
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-workflows.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-workflows/applying-workflows-to-pages.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/working-with-object-versioning.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-and-using-page-versioning/content-locking.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

The versioning functionality in workflows automatically stores page versions as pages are edited. Versioning allows users to:

- View and compare page versions
- Roll pages back to previous versions

Page versioning is **closely tied to the** **Workflows** **application**. To use versioning on pages, you need to apply a [workflow](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-workflows.md) on them. If you don't want pages to go through any workflow process and use versioning at the same time, refer to [Configuring content versioning without workflow](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-and-using-page-versioning/configuring-content-versioning-without-workflow.md).

> **Info:** Content versioning means automatically creating numbered versions of pages. If you are looking for versioning of objects (email templates, etc.), refer to the [Working with object versioning](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/working-with-object-versioning.md) chapter.

## Version numbering

Every page version is identified by a version number. By default, the system assigns numbers to versions automatically according to the following rules:

- When you create a page, it gets version number **0.1**.
- When you save a page, a minor version is created and the number after the period increases. Example: **0.2**, **0.3**, etc.
- When you publish a page, the latest minor version gets promoted to a major version. The number before the period increases and the number after the period resets to zero. Example: **1.0**, **2.0**, etc.

If you use [content locking](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-and-using-page-versioning/content-locking.md), you can disable the automatic numbering in **Settings -> Content -> Content management**, by turning off the **Use automatic version numbering** setting.

### Non-versioned data

New page version is not created when you make changes to pages on the following page properties tabs:

- General
- URLs
- Categories
- Related pages
- Security

> **Tip:** You can change the length of version history by configuring the **Version history length** property in **Settings -> Content -> Content management**.

## Viewing and comparing page versions

The system allows you to directly compare differences between various versions of page's **Content** tab:

1. Navigate to the page whose versions you want to view.
2. Switch to **Properties -> Versions**.
3. Click **View** next to the version you want to view.

   - The **Page version** window opens.
4. Select a version for comparison using the **Compare to** drop-down list.

When comparing page versions, the older version appears on the left.

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/configuring-and-using-page-versioning/page_version_comparison.png)

> **Note:** **Compare feature unavailable for page builder content**
>
> The compare feature only displays differences in the values of page fields managed on the **Content** tab. Content edited on the **Page** tab (page builder content) cannot be visually compared using the **Compare to** tool.

## Rolling back versions

1. Navigate to the page that you want to roll back to a previous version.
2. Switch to **Properties -> Versions**.
3. Click **Roll back** next to a version.

   - The system creates a copy of the given version and marks the copy as the page's latest version.