Version history in Databricks notebooks

Databricks notebooks maintain a history of notebook versions, allowing you to view and restore previous snapshots of a notebook. You can perform the following actions on versions: add descriptions, restore and delete versions, and clear version history.

You can also sync your work in Databricks with a remote Git repository.

View version history

To access notebook versions, click in the right sidebar. The notebook version history appears.

Add a description

To add a description to the latest version:

1. Click the version.

2. Click Save now.

   

3. In the Save version dialog, enter a version description.

   

4. Click Save. The notebook version is saved with the entered description.

Restore a version

To restore a version:

1. Click the version.

2. Click Restore this version.

   

3. Click Confirm. The selected version becomes the latest version of the notebook.

Delete a version

To delete a version entry:

1. Click the version.

2. Click the trash icon .

   

3. Click Yes, erase. The selected version is deleted from the history.

Clear version history

The version history can't be recovered after you clear it.

To clear the version history for a notebook:

1. Under Version history, click Clear history.
2. Click Yes, clear. The notebook version history is cleared.

Side-by-side diff in version history

When you display previous notebook versions, the editor displays side-by-side diffs with color highlighting.