Backup and Change Tracking

Backup and Change Tracking

Highlight Changes Made to a Sheet

To quickly identify and review the changes that have been made to a sheet, use Highlight Changes....

Track changes with the activity log

The activity log lets you quickly see a user's activity in a sheet or who last viewed a dashboard....

View Changes Made to Smartsheet Items

To view changes that have been made to a Smartsheet item, you can look at cell history, include System columns, or use Activity Log....

Recover a Deleted Sheet

If you're the owner of a deleted sheet, you have up to 30 days to recover it; after that the sheet will be permanently deleted....

Backup

About Smartsheet backups

Smartsheet operates 100% in the cloud: the sheets you create are stored on Smartsheet servers....

Download a recent backup

On the left Navigation Bar, select Browse....

Schedule recurring weekly backups

Licensed users on Business or Enterprise plans can schedule weekly recurring backups for all sheets in your sheets directory and any workspaces where...

Request a sheet snapshot

If you are a licensed sheet owner or admin, you can request a snapshot of your sheet....

Request a one-time backup

Backups are available for licensed users on Enterprise or Business plans. You can request a one-time backup and/or a recurring backup....

Backup FAQ: Why isn’t my backup data formatted correctly?

Formatting information is stored in the sheet; it’s separate from your data....

Backup FAQ: What’s in my backup file?

A backup consists of a ZIP folder containing the following: Excel (.xlsx) files of the data from each sheet you requested to have backed up....

Backup FAQ: How often can I create a backup?

You can create backups for sheets and workspaces as frequently as once every 24 hours. Daily backups must be requested one at a time....