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From the **Dashboard**, navigate to the **Projects** tab and select the relevant project. 2. In the left-hand menu, under **Content** or **Participation**, select a tool type to see the list of tools created for this project. 3. From this list, select the tool you want to clone. 4. On right hand side of the listing, click on the **ellipsis** icon. Select **Clone**. 5. Create a new **Title** and change the **Url alias** if required. Both arrive pre-filled with the original tool's value and **-copy** on the end. Select a **target destination** by choosing a project from the dropdown (*Note: You can only clone to projects you have permission to access).* 6. **Tick the box** if you also want to copy the content blocks from the current tool. 7. Click **Clone**. You will be navigated to the edit screen of the new tool in the target project, where you can customise the tool as required. ![Cloning a participation tool: the Clone screen with its pre-filled copy title, a destination project chosen by search, and the cursor resting on Clone.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/1RzvRm77Dhw5s9aLrlyDJDSJJv2RmcQde0bldR65.gif) *Note: Cloning a participation tool only duplicates the latest draft of the tool, without its revision history or submissions.* ![A project's admin menu, showing the content and participation tools that can be cloned](/storage/N7PshSWaGhDOLQWBC18AXkTQFQoWbnMsJMkKF0oI.png) #### Cloning tip When choosing a target destination for your cloned tool, you can also choose the **Site Content (Global)** location. This is useful for creating a base template or content that can be reused across different parts of your site. Cloning maps ------------ When you clone a map, all its elements are duplicated in the new map: its layers, its markers and their icons. Layers and markers keep their original names. The map itself is different: the clone form pre-fills the new map's **Title** and **Url alias** with the original name plus **-copy**, and you can change both before you click **Clone**. ![The Clone map form, with the Title and Url alias fields highlighted: both show the original map's name plus a "-copy" suffix, above the destination project picker and the Clone and Cancel buttons.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/HIPi44NPUDmYhBh7AlakyV056cFQhSjGvUTCPgQO.png) *Note: Depending on the context of the new map, you may need to adjust and rename its markers, icons and layers.* Cloning projects ---------------- You can clone a project to start a new one from an existing project. The copy opens as a draft. 1. From the **Dashboard**, navigate to the **Projects** tab and open the project you want to clone. 2. Click **More...** at the right of the project's tab row and select **Clone**. 3. Change the **Title** and **Url alias** if required. Both arrive pre-filled with the original project's value and **-copy** on the end. 4. Leave **Content blocks** ticked to copy the project's content blocks, or untick it to leave them out. 5. Click **Clone**. You will be taken to the edit screen of the new project, which is in **Draft** status. ![The Clone project form, with the Title and Url alias fields highlighted: both show the original project's name with -copy on the end, above the Content blocks tickbox and the Clone and Cancel buttons.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/jyOoJ8OWxin6fqzYkP6m94JK58g57n3c7po3c3GT.png) *Note: Cloning a project copies the project itself, including its image, regions and tags. 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