# Duplicate a notebook

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/duplicate-a-notebook/659>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 20, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/duplicate-a-notebook/659 "2018-04-20T03:39:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![BBischof](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/bbischof/32/419_2.png) [@BBischof](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/BBischof)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/duplicate-a-notebook/659/1 "2018-04-20T03:39:52Z")

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I might be the only one, but I would like to be able to duplicate notebooks. If there’s a current way, I apologize for missing it.

The two main use cases for me are:

- quickly getting started on a new notebook which will share some similarities with a current one
- variations on a theme.

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**Author:** ![BBischof](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/bbischof/32/419_2.png) [@BBischof](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/BBischof)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/duplicate-a-notebook/659/2 "2018-04-20T03:43:08Z")

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😒I can just fork my own notebooks 🤦‍♂️