Versions, export, and trash

Every page keeps its history, exports cleanly, and survives deletion — here is how to use all three.

Review version history

1. Open the page’s More (…) menu and choose Version history.
2. The Version History panel lists versions newest first, with rapid consecutive saves collapsed into edit sessions so the list stays scannable.
3. Select a version to view it; Compare shows it against the previous version.

Each file keeps up to 500 versions (Files and limits).

Revert to an earlier version

1. In Version History, select the version you want back.
2. Choose Revert and confirm.

Reverting replaces the current content with the selected version — and your pre-revert content is auto-saved as a new version, so nothing is lost.

Orbit’s Revert restores the page text and keeps the current comments. For pages with comments stored in the markdown file, restoring the entire file through Microsoft 365 also restores the comments from that file version.

Caution

If other people are actively editing, coordinate before reverting — the revert applies to the shared page for everyone.

Export a page

1. Open the page’s More (…) menu and choose Export.
2. Pick a format in the Export page dialog:
   • Markdown — the page’s source file, portable anywhere.
   • PDF — a print-ready document.
   • Word — a .doc file for Microsoft Word.

Non-page files offer Download original file instead. Inside Microsoft Teams, exports open in your system browser to complete the download — see Teams.

For pages with comments stored in markdown, Markdown exports and version downloads include those saved comments. The editor and version comparison show the page text without the comment data appended to it.

Delete and restore pages

Deleting a page moves it to Recently Deleted and removes it from Orbit links. To bring it back:

1. Click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and choose Recently deleted (or press Cmd+Shift+D / Ctrl+Shift+D).
2. Select the page and choose Restore.

Deleted documents stay in Recently Deleted until you restore them or remove them with Delete permanently, which moves the item to your OneDrive or SharePoint recycle bin. Orbit can no longer restore it after that; your organization’s recycle-bin retention applies.

Note

A just-deleted page shows “Waiting for SharePoint recycle bin indexing before restore actions become available.” for a short time — the restore buttons appear once Microsoft 365 finishes indexing it.

FAQ

Who can revert or restore? Anyone with write access to the workspace. Readers can view history but not change anything.

A file changed or vanished outside Orbit — now what? Pages are files in your OneDrive or SharePoint library, so your organization’s normal Microsoft 365 recovery applies. See Where your pages live.

Up next: Raw markdown — the power-user escape hatch to a page’s source.