Restore Previous Versions of Documents on Ubuntu For Free

Takeaways Find the commit ID of the version of the file you want to revert to. Find the path to the file you want to revert from the working directory. In the terminal, change directories to the working directory. Type git checkout [commit ID] -- path/to/file and hit enter. Commit the change to the reverted file.

To navigate up one directory level, use "cd .." To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use "cd -"

Linux Open the directory where you wish to restore your file(s), e.g. Videos. ... Change to a hidden directory with the command. ... The snapshot directory is not visible in the file list on ls, for example, but it contains subfolders updated on the hourly, nightly and weekly frequency.

Navigate to the folder that used to contain the file or folder, right-click it, and then select Restore previous versions. If the folder was at the top level of a drive, for example C:\, right-click the drive, and then select Restore previous versions.

Browse to the file or folder that you want to restore. The folders represent the snapshot instance that was created at a specific point in time. To restore the required file or folder, copy the file or folder to the place where the old file or folder was originally located.

Way 4: Deleted File Recovery on Ubuntu Using TestDisk (Command Line) TestDisk, a tried-and-true program recovering deleted Ubuntu files for over a decade, is another free and useful tool for undeleting data in Ubuntu. You can follow the detailed steps below or watch this video for a more comprehensive explanation.

View previous versions of a file Open the file you want to view. Click the title of your file and select Version history. Select a version to open it in a separate window. If you want to restore a previous version you've opened, select Restore.