Prevent Changes To Final Version Of. Only keep drafts of documents if it is also important to keep a record audit trail of the process decision making or context in which the formulation of the documentfile took place. This will help to reduce the confusion caused by the duplication of documents and means that there is less danger of earlier versions being accidentally used.

Mark a workbook as final in Excel to indicate that this is the final version of your workbook. Decide and agree whether there is a business need to keep draft versions once the final version has been approved. You can make zero actual changes to the document but once you click Edit Anyway and save the file the Final marker is gone.
There will now be no version history stored or accessible on any of the documents in this document library.
Bring up the Reviewing toolbar on your screen if it isnt already there and click the Next button. Click on Protect Document on the right-hand side menu and select Mark as Final. Prevent changes to a final version of a document. Mark a workbook as final in Excel to indicate that this is the final version of your workbook.