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title: "Drupal 8 – Create new revision"
description: "In this tutorial: Creating a Revision Restoring a Revision When creating / editing pages in Drupal 8, you'll see a feature labelled, Create new revision. In this tutorial, we'll review what this..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/create-new-revision/
date: 2013-10-29
modified: 2023-06-07
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
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# Drupal 8 – Create new revision

## In this tutorial:

[Creating a Revision](#create) [Restoring a Revision](#restore)

[![Create new revision](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/create-new-revision-checkbox.png)](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/create-new-revision-checkbox.png)

When [creating / editing pages](/support/edu/drupal/create-basic-page/) in Drupal 8, you’ll see a feature labelled, **Create new revision**. In this tutorial, we’ll review what this feature is and how to use it.

## What does the *create new revision* feature do?

Each time you edit a page in Drupal 8, you have the option to create a new revision of the page. When you do this, Drupal will save a copy of the previous version of the page. You can switch back to these older versions of the page at any time.

## Using the Drupal 8 revisions tool

### How to create a new revision

1. [![how to create a new revision](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/create-new-revision.gif)](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/create-new-revision.gif) **Click the checkbox for *Create new revision*** When creating / editing content, on the right side of the editor you’ll see a section that begins with *Last saved*, and shortly under that you’ll see a checkbox for *Create new revision* – check this box.
2. **Enter a description for the change** After clicking *Create new revision*, you’ll see a text box appear below. In this area, type in a brief description to remind yourself of the changes that were made.
3. **Save the page** After you’ve entered a description for the revision, click the **Save and publish** button towards the bottom left of the editor. That’s it, you’ve just created a new revision! The only message you’ll see after saving is the standard, *“Basic page Lorem Ipsum 2 has been created.”* – you will *not see* a message regarding a new revision.

### How do I view / restore previous revisions?

1. [![Revisions Tab](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/revert-a-revision.gif)](/support/images/stories/drupal-8/revisions/revert-a-revision.gif) **Click Revisions** When editing an article, click the **Revisions** tab in the top right.
2. **Find the revision you want to restore** After you’ve clicked *Revisions*, you’ll see a list of previous revisions that you’ve saved. You need to identify the revision that you want to restore. You can do this by: * reviewing the timestamp on each revision * clicking on the timestamp itself to view the page as it will be if restored * looking at the *revision note* that you previously added
3. **Click *Revert* to restore the revision** Under each revision, you’ll see a menu that says **Revert**. Click *Revert* next to the revision of your choice. You’ll be asked: *“Are you sure you want to revert to the revision from…”* Click *Revert* to continue. When the revision has been restored, you’ll then see a message that says: *“Basic page … has been reverted back to the revision from…”*.