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How to find an older version of a webpage

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OrNo · 09/12/2024 21:33

Imagine you read a story on a news website which included details about someone. You send the link to your friend who reads it a day or two later. In the meantime the details have been completely changed and there's no proof the article said what you definitely read it said. How would you go about reading the original words?

I've tried a Chrome extension and that hasn't helped. WayBack Archive only has it from the day after you sent it. How else can you read it? In the good old days I feel I could looked at cached content from the date it was first cached by clicking on the dots on Google next to the link. But I can't see how to do it anymore.

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AdmiralCoconut · 09/12/2024 21:41

Yeah, I don't think Google caches content like it used to. I don't think this is possible.

The webpage has been updated. Unless you made the page viewable offline at the time then there's no way to see the old version.

Have you tried googling for it, specifically including the details you're looking for. Might find it at a different source. Or maybe try a different search engine?

TeenLifeMum · 09/12/2024 21:43

Unless it cached on your device it would only be found through the back end which will be password protected.

OrNo · 13/12/2024 18:52

I've tried everything hence turning to the MN wisdom 😭

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FamilyEdition · 13/12/2024 18:58

@OrNo , try these:

https://cachedview.com/

https://web.archive.org/

OrNo · 13/12/2024 19:07

No luck unfortunately but thanks for trying to help.

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