--- layout: docs page_title: kv rollback - Command sidebar_title: rollback description: |- The "kv rollback" command restores a given previous version to the current version at the given path. --- # kv rollback ~> **NOTE:** This is a [K/V Version 2](/docs/secrets/kv/kv-v2.html) secrets engine command, and not available for Version 1. The `kv rollback` command restores a given previous version to the current version at the given path. The value is written as a new version; for instance, if the current version is 5 and the rollback version is 2, the data from version 2 will become version 6. This command makes it easy to restore unintentionally overwritten data. ## Examples Restores the version 2 of the data at key "creds": ```text $ vault kv rollback -version=2 secret/creds Key Value --- ----- created_time 2019-06-06T17:07:19.299831Z deletion_time n/a destroyed false version 6 ``` ## Usage There are no flags beyond the [standard set of flags](/docs/commands/index.html) included on all commands. ### Output Options - `-format` `(string: "table")` - Print the output in the given format. Valid formats are "table", "json", or "yaml". This can also be specified via the `VAULT_FORMAT` environment variable. ### Command Options - `-version` `(int: 0)` - Specifies the version number that should be made current again.