# Versioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294 "2020-09-04T21:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/1 "2020-09-04T21:26:21Z")
Is there a plan to add versioning? It now happened twice that I’ve lost all the details of one screen that takes to individual screens and I had to do the work all over again, spent a couple of hours restoring all this. It is unclear why this happened, but it could be related to me changing the tab title. Versioning would help a lot. 🥴 😳 😊 ---
**Author:** ![forsdick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/forsdick/32/26296_2.png) [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/2 "2020-09-23T16:25:53Z")
+1 desire for versioning. Because I made a mistake when making some major changes and lost something – I never figured out what I lost – I’ve had spend several nervous hours recreating work that I had done before. ---
**Author:** ![Jen\_NYCP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Jen\_NYCP](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jen_NYCP)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/3 "2020-09-23T17:14:01Z")
Do you mean saving drafts of your app as you work on it? ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/4 "2020-09-23T17:21:51Z")
[https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/versioning#:~:text=Versioning%20is%20the%20creation%20and,are%20improved%2C%20upgraded%20or%20customized](https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/versioning#:~:text=Versioning%20is%20the%20creation%20and,are%20improved%2C%20upgraded%20or%20customized). ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/5 "2020-09-23T17:49:08Z")
Not a perfect solution, but occasionally I will make a duplicate of my app, so I at least have a backup to refer to if absolutely needed. A native solution would be better though. As for my sheet, I have a script that makes a backup copy weekly, so I can restore data if it’s ever lost. ---
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/6 "2020-09-24T02:08:03Z")
Google sheets have versioning so no need to make a backup copy @Jeff_Hager, that said you can never be too careful 😆 ![Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 4.06.49 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/d/dfd2e3874a996cfb92efef2ef2c77abfef3a26be.png) ---
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/7 "2020-09-24T02:10:19Z")
Yes, from time to time the app should take a snap shot of your work and save it. This is pretty common practice in many apps, for example: Word Press, Google docs, Google sheets, etc. If something goes wrong, you can go back to the version that is the closest to where you were before things fall apart @Jen_NYCP ![Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 4.06.49 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/d/dfd2e3874a996cfb92efef2ef2c77abfef3a26be.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/8 "2020-09-24T03:50:37Z")
Yeah, I’ve definitely referred to the google sheet version history a few times, but it can be painful to parse through if the sheet has a lot of updates, or background refresh is turned on, which can make a version history ever few minutes. But yes, like you said, can’t be too careful. I like that I can quickly look back at what the sheet looked like for a given week, up to a year and a half ago when I created the sheet and script. And I just feel better knowing there is a separate timestamped copy of the sheet that’s separate from the main sheet if anything ever happens to it. It’s the developer mindset in me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RoundRoute](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/roundroute/32/14140_2.png) [@RoundRoute](https://community.glideapps.com/u/RoundRoute)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/9 "2020-10-07T10:03:11Z")
Hi @Jeff_Hager, What is the backup script like? ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/10 "2020-10-07T10:16:30Z")
> You can check out this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/11 "2020-10-07T12:03:49Z")
This is what I use. > [@Backup My Data In My Spreadsheet](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backup-my-data-in-my-spreadsheet/1147/2): > > First of all, google does keep a history of any changes. You can access them by clicking the link at the top of the sheet: I also use this script to backup my sheet every week. The only thing that needs to change in the script is the destination folder. This gives me a weekly backup with a timestamp attached to the name: // Abhijeet Chopra // 26 February 2016 // Google Apps Script to make copies of Google Sheet in specified destination folder function makeCopy() { // generates… ---
**Author:** ![forsdick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/forsdick/32/26296_2.png) [@forsdick](https://community.glideapps.com/u/forsdick)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/12 "2020-10-17T22:44:08Z")
OK. I had a version (V1) of my app that worked. I wanted to make some changes, so I created a copy of my app (V2) to make sure I had a saved copy before I started to change things. Now, I have successfully made the changes and everything works as I want in V2. How do I cleanup and delete V1? I searched both Glide help as well as Googled “glide delete app” with no clear answers. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/13 "2020-10-17T23:40:07Z")
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**Author:** ![Ric\_1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/ric_1/32/22052_2.png) [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/versioning/15294/14 "2022-08-23T17:09:31Z")
Manual or automatic backups would be great. The number of backups / days it reaches back can also be a selling point for tiered plans. Could be a Adobe Photoshop like edit history or Google Docs like revision history with timestamps. The current redo/undo is very limited, close the editor and your chance is gone. I found myself spending so many hours on damages by done by colleagues or myself that could be fixed by reverting in history in seconds.