# Get a document of a specific version?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-document-of-a-specific-version/4945
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 25, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-document-of-a-specific-version/4945 "2011-07-25T19:55:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ajsie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajsie)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-document-of-a-specific-version/4945/1 "2011-07-25T19:55:56Z")
Is it possible to get a document of a specific version or can I only
read the latest version of a document?
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### Author:  [@James\_Cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Cook)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-document-of-a-specific-version/4945/2 "2011-07-25T20:21:40Z")
From Shay in Google Groups:
There is no way to get previous versions of the doc unless you store several
> versions of the doc yourself under different ids / types.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:55 PM, ajsie [johnny.weng.luu@gmail.com](mailto:johnny.weng.luu@gmail.com) wrote:
> Is it possible to get a document of a specific version or can I only
> read the latest version of a document?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-a-document-of-a-specific-version/4945/3 "2017-07-06T03:59:31Z")