Solved: There Are No Previous Versions Available

Reboot your File History service to recover older versions

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Published onAugust 16, 2024

published onAugust 16, 2024

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When you make changes to a file and need to access its previous version but get aThere are no previous versions available, you can access it with a few tweaks.

A previous version is a file history that acts as a backup. They are automatically created but you must have enabled the file history feature.

Among the major reasons why you may getThere are no previous versions availableinclude a misconfigured file history settings, corrupt files orinsufficient disk space.

How do I fix there are no previous versions available?

1. Re-enable file history

2. Restart the File History service

Windows File History may crash and lose connection to its service. This can be due to a new problematic Windows update. Restarting it will allow it to refresh an reinitialize its service and restore it to its previous working state.

3. Use Windows backup

Windows Backup comes in handy especially if you have overwritten your file and can’t access the previous versions.

4. Restore from OneDrive

5. System Restore

6. Use alternative backup and restore solutions

Although File History does a decent job at storing your backup files, it maystop workingat times. This can be due to acorrupt file or directorypreventing access. To prevent loss of data, you’ll need a reliable third party backup solution.

We recommendcloud backupbecause of its many advantages such as cross platform compatibility and syncing across multiple devices.

While all these solutions may be viable if your drive has malfunctioned, none of them will work. When this happens,File History will not be able to recognize your drive. You cancheck for drive errors and see if Windows can repair them.

Aside from older file versions, did you know you canrevert to the older Microsoft Teams classic version? If not, we have a step-by-step walk-through for you.

That’s all we had but do let us know which solution worked for you. Further, if you have any other solutions you’d recommend, let us know in the comment section below.

Solved: There Are No Previous Versions Available#

How do I fix there are no previous versions available?#

1. Re-enable file history#

2. Restart the File History service#

3. Use Windows backup#

4. Restore from OneDrive#

5. System Restore#

6. Use alternative backup and restore solutions#