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title: "Copy a space"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/AHP/649561345/Copy%20a%20space"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## <span style="color: #333333">Overview</span>

<span style="color: #333333">You can copy one space to another when you have a space with information you want to replicate. Use this option to copy a space as it exists at a point in time.</span>

- <span style="color: #333333">**Copy Space**</span><span style="color: #333333"> can be configured for a different target space to the publishing option</span>
- <span style="color: #333333">content to be copied is also configured separately from the publishing options</span>

> ℹ️ To copy a space, you need to
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - have space admin permission in the space you want to copy
> ℹ️ - have at least View, Edit and Delete permission for pages, blog posts, and attachments in the target space
> ℹ️ - to be a member of the Confluence user group added to the **Copiers Group** in the** **[Copy Space - global configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHP/pages/649923457)

## Copying a space

To copy one space to another:

Create a target space

- choose **Publishing** in the space tools menu

![image](media://4a233614-3e58-4d2d-b7e8-b3a6289619ad)

- close the popup option box for setting up a **Published Space**

The display confirms the current **Publish Space** status.

![image](media://33e20159-1587-40e9-b481-5df3f4954a12)

- choose **Copy Space** option
- select the **Target** **Space **for the content to be copied to using the dropdown menu

![image](media://33642e26-9186-495c-b2f2-ee0e7b8c150b)

> ℹ️ You need **view** and **edit** permissions for the target space.

- choose the **[Copy Options](#CopyaSpace-copyoptions)**

![image](media://2c996f33-c2f7-43e4-94eb-e7eecee1ef74)

If you want to replace the target space home page with the source space home page you can do this

- set the **Copy Options** to **Delete Pages added in the Target Space**
- choose **[Advanced Options](#CopyaSpace-advancedoptions)** for the copy
- choose **Copy Space **when you have set the required copy options and selected a target space

![image](media://76089791-dc02-43f3-9169-1509f6eeae07)

- choose** Confirm Copy Space**

![image](media://321453b6-be7d-451d-a161-d6d3d34c27b9)

A progress bar indicates the progress of the copy action. A successful copy of the space content displays a confirmation message.

![image](media://a9f4cffd-e471-41fe-a5bd-6550d4a4d0c4)