# Revert post to a specific revision
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** feedback
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912 "2016-03-11T18:00:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/1 "2016-03-11T18:00:15Z")
I just pushed a [commit](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/89248580dce1be67161b25c9155759bef598d099) that will allow Staff to revert a post to a specific revision.
“Revert” button will appear at the bottom of every revision, clicking on this button will revert the post to that specific revision.
Revert button will only be visible to _staff_, and reverting a post will create a _new_ revision.
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/2 "2016-03-11T18:10:09Z")
Cool! Does this remove all the revisions after the target revision number, or actually create a **new** version identical to the target version?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/3 "2016-03-11T18:21:00Z")
> [@downey](#):
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> Does this remove all the revisions after the target revision number
Nope.
> [@downey](#):
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> or actually create a new version identical to the target version
Yes, that is exactly what it does. Creates a new version identical to the target version.
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### Author:  [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/4 "2016-03-11T19:50:03Z")
Very nice! Thanks! 👍
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/5 "2016-03-11T20:04:45Z")
Great new feature - thank you so much! 🎢
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/6 "2016-03-11T20:26:08Z")
> [@techAPJ](#):
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> will allow Admins to revert a post to a specific revision
Also, what about the author?
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### Author:  [@mr8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mr8)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/7 "2016-03-11T20:44:52Z")
> [@downey](#):
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> Also, what about the author?
What about the ability to revert if the user has permission to edit the post? This could come in handy for accidental overwrites on a wiki post.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/8 "2016-03-11T22:38:00Z")
> [@techAPJ](#):
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> I just pushed a commit that will allow Admins to revert a post to a specific revision.
Can this feature be extended to Staff, not just Admins?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/9 "2016-03-11T23:09:39Z")
Already is.
Or so I believe based on the commit
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**Edit:** And I just confirmed it on my sandbox
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/10 "2016-03-12T02:09:44Z")
> [@downey](#):
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> Also, what about the author?
This feature is only available for staff as of now.
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> Can this feature be extended to Staff, not just Admins?
I edited first post to make it clear that this feature is available for Staff.
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### Author:  [@lloyd\_tabb1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lloyd_tabb1)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/11 "2016-03-13T21:35:00Z")
Awesome. I’ve been wishing for this feature!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/revert-post-to-a-specific-revision/40912/12 "2016-10-21T05:30:45Z")