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# Duplicate

Duplicating an experiment creates a fully editable copy — even across teams and environments within the same Steadybit tenant.

Use this when another team wants to use your experiment as a **starting point** and adapt it freely, with no expectation that future changes to the original will reach the copy. Once you expect increased reusing across teams, consider using the [experiment template](/use-steadybit/experiments/share/templates.md) approach.

## How Sharing Works

Two artifacts are involved:

* **Original Experiment** — the source of the duplicate. After duplication, it continues to live and evolve independently.
* **Duplicated Experiment** — a new, independent experiment placed into a team and environment of your choice. Once created, it has no link back to the original.

Because the duplicate is a detached copy, design changes do not propagate in either direction.

## Single Source of Truth

| Aspect              | Source of truth                                    |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Experiment instance | Per duplicate — each duplicate is a new experiment |
| Experiment design   | Detached copy at the time of duplication           |
| Experiment runs     | Per duplicate                                      |

For sharing where design changes should propagate, use [Service Provided Experiments](/use-steadybit/experiments/share/service-provided.md) or [Share Experiment](/use-steadybit/experiments/share/share-experiment.md) instead.

## Duplicate via Experiment List

On the experiments overview page, every experiment row has a 3-dot menu. Choose **Duplicate Experiment**.

![Duplicate via Experiment List](/files/xkYwhRelLnH68ZmoKPBH)

## Duplicate via Experiment Designer

In the experiment designer, the ![Button](/files/N6HkeAJbyHJb4xrEP3kN) duplicate button creates a copy of the currently opened experiment.

![Duplicate via Designer](/files/hqOMvsIyXEg4aH760uoA)

## Choose Name, Team and Environment

After duplicating, you are prompted for the new experiment's name, description, team and environment.

![Duplicate Popup](/files/jgqgqf2WNkVsmIC4N2LQ)

Confirm the dialog to save the new experiment and open it in the experiment designer.

![Duplicated Experiment](/files/8srUcabEzd0oYVgmufDR)

## When to Use This Approach

Duplicating an experiment is the right choice when:

* Another team should start from a copy of your experiment and freely adapt it
* The original and the copy should evolve independently going forward
* You want to keep the duplicate in a different team or environment within the same tenant

For other sharing needs, see the [overview of sharing options](/use-steadybit/experiments/share.md).