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# Copy a Site to Start a New One

> Make a full copy of one of your websites in one click, as a starting point for a new location, brand or campaign

When a new site should look and work like one you already have, such as a second location, copy it instead of starting over. The copy has the same pages, content, media and code, and it changes nothing on the original.

This guide copies Northwind's Pearl District café site.

## Copy the site

**1. Open the site's menu**

Click **Websites** in the left rail. Point to the site's card and click the three dots at its top right.

**2. Click Clone Project**

The copy starts right away, with no question first. It takes a few seconds.

![The Northwind Pearl District card with its three-dot button, outlined, and its menu open on Analytics, Forms, Open Editor, Tasks, Review, Hosting, Clone Project, outlined, and Settings](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/q9a8JAr-KPlU71gr/images/how-tos/websites/copy-01-clone-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=q9a8JAr-KPlU71gr\&q=85\&s=1b28219e7205c6850ed322f2b323e9e3)

The copy opens in the builder, named after the original with (Copy) at the end, and its preview starts up in under a minute.

![The builder with the site name Northwind Pearl D..., outlined, a new chat, and the preview of the copied Pearl District café home page](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/q9a8JAr-KPlU71gr/images/how-tos/websites/copy-02-the-copy-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=q9a8JAr-KPlU71gr\&q=85\&s=1cf507752558702606da2a60686361ac)

## What the copy has

* **The same site:** every page and file, its content and blog posts, its navigation and its custom code.
* **Its own media:** the pictures and files are copied too, so deleting or changing one in the copy never touches the original.
* **A fresh start for the rest:** a new chat, and its own empty task board in **PM Projects**. Custom domains and hosting stay with the original.

The copy is a draft. Nothing is live until you publish it.

## Good to know

* **Give it its own name.** See [Rename or Delete a Site](/how-tos/websites/rename-or-delete-a-site).
* **Your plan's number of sites.** A copy counts as a new site. If your plan is at its limit, the copy isn't made and the message says so.
* **More:** [Create a New Website](/how-tos/websites/create-a-new-site) starts one from a template instead, and [Publish Your Changes](/how-tos/site-builder/publish) puts the copy live.


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