# Document versioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 11, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-versioning/16279 "2014-03-11T07:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arik\_Gaisler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Arik\_Gaisler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arik_Gaisler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-versioning/16279/1 "2014-03-11T07:47:51Z")
Hi Is there a way to retreieve a certain version of a document when fetching the document? Also - for how long are the old versions retained? Is this something controllable/configurable? Arik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ff3891c9-931b-4439-bd7e-e3d6280b4a4a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ff3891c9-931b-4439-bd7e-e3d6280b4a4a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Boaz\_Leskes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/boaz_leskes/32/723_2.png) [@Boaz\_Leskes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Boaz_Leskes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-versioning/16279/2 "2014-03-11T11:57:13Z")
Hi Arik, Elasticsearch only stores the latest version of every document. You can verify that the version you retrieve is the one you expect (useful for optimistic locking) but you can't get previous versions. Cheers, Boaz On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:47:51 AM UTC+1, Arik Gaisler wrote: > Hi > > Is there a way to retreieve a certain version of a document when fetching > the document? > Also - for how long are the old versions retained? Is this something > controllable/configurable? > > Arik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1a061c79-a63f-4299-827b-8c8b1fd19c85%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1a061c79-a63f-4299-827b-8c8b1fd19c85%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Arik\_Gaisler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Arik\_Gaisler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arik_Gaisler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-versioning/16279/3 "2014-03-11T13:05:26Z")
Thanks Boaz On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:57:13 PM UTC+2, Boaz Leskes wrote: > Hi Arik, > Elasticsearch only stores the latest version of every document. You can > verify that the version you retrieve is the one you expect (useful for > optimistic locking) but you can't get previous versions. > > Cheers, > Boaz > > On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:47:51 AM UTC+1, Arik Gaisler wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Is there a way to retreieve a certain version of a document when fetching > > the document? > > Also - for how long are the old versions retained? Is this something > > controllable/configurable? > > > > Arik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a521eee-763e-45c2-af0b-3100f52aa575%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a521eee-763e-45c2-af0b-3100f52aa575%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/document-versioning/16279/4 "2017-07-06T01:44:12Z")