1--- 2layout: docs 3page_title: kv rollback - Command 4description: |- 5 The "kv rollback" command restores a given previous version to the current 6 version at the given path. 7--- 8 9# kv rollback 10 11~> **NOTE:** This is a [K/V Version 2](/docs/secrets/kv/kv-v2) secrets 12engine command, and not available for Version 1. 13 14The `kv rollback` command restores a given previous version to the current 15version at the given path. The value is written as a new version; for instance, 16if the current version is 5 and the rollback version is 2, the data from version 172 will become version 6. This command makes it easy to restore unintentionally 18overwritten data. 19 20## Examples 21 22Restores the version 2 of the data at key "creds": 23 24```shell-session 25$ vault kv rollback -version=2 secret/creds 26Key Value 27--- ----- 28created_time 2019-06-06T17:07:19.299831Z 29deletion_time n/a 30destroyed false 31version 6 32``` 33 34## Usage 35 36There are no flags beyond the [standard set of flags](/docs/commands) 37included on all commands. 38 39### Output Options 40 41- `-format` `(string: "table")` - Print the output in the given format. Valid 42 formats are "table", "json", or "yaml". This can also be specified via the 43 `VAULT_FORMAT` environment variable. 44 45### Command Options 46 47- `-version` `(int: 0)` - Specifies the version number that should be made 48 current again. 49