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# Duplicating an Item

> What the Duplicate action copies and what it deliberately does not — the Item ID prompt, the new Link, and the page override that stays behind

Duplicating an Item creates a second Item in the same Collection with the same field values. It
is the fastest way to add the tenth near-identical extinguisher or hire unit.

Open the items table, use the menu at the end of an Item's row, and choose **Duplicate**. To copy
several at once, select the Items and choose **Duplicate Selected Items** from the bulk actions
menu.

## What carries over

Everything you filled in comes across: Description, Tags, the photo, every custom field, and the
Item's Destination settings. The Name comes across with `(Copy)` appended, so "Generator"
becomes "Generator (Copy)". An Item with no name at all produces a copy called "Copy".

One subtlety: the copy is created like any other new Item, so any Collection-level field
**defaults** apply to fields that were blank on the source. A field left empty on the original
can arrive filled in on the copy.

## What does not carry over

**The Item ID.** Item IDs are unique within a Collection, so the copy cannot inherit one. If the
source Item has an Item ID, you are prompted for a new one before the copy is created — the
prompt shows the source's value as a placeholder. If the value you type is rejected, because it
is already in use or does not match the Collection's Item ID mask, you are asked again with the
reason shown. Canceling skips that Item; in a bulk duplicate the remaining Items still proceed.
If the source has no Item ID, you get a simple confirmation instead and the copy is created
without one.

**The source Item's page override.** Per-Item page overrides are attached to a specific Item, and
the copy is a new Item, so it starts on the Collection's base page template. If the original had
its own tweaked page, re-apply them on the copy.

**Internal values.** The copy gets its own internal ID and its own created and updated
timestamps. Nothing is shared with the original — editing one afterwards never affects the other.

## The copy gets its own Link

Because the copy is a genuinely new Item, the Collection's rule for new Items runs for it. In
random-link mode the copy gets a fresh random Link. In Item-ID mode the Link is built from the
Item ID you just typed. If a copy somehow ends up with no Item ID in Item-ID mode, it is created
successfully but without a Link, and you are told to assign an Item ID to generate one.

Duplicates are created one at a time. If one fails, the reason is shown and the rest continue.

## Related

* [Item ID](/items/item-id)
* [What Is an Item?](/items/overview)
* [Per-Item Page Overrides](/pages/page-overrides)