---
title: "Copying an Existing Role"
slug: "copying-an-existing-role"
tags: ["Configuration", "Setup", "Administrator", "Access", "Roles"]
updated: 2023-01-19T23:43:42Z
published: 2023-01-19T23:43:42Z
---

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# Copying an Existing Role

Copying a Permission Role allows you to use an existing Role as a template in order to create a new Role from. This is ideal when you have a Role that have very similar permissions to the new Role you require, but there may be one or two changes needed.

For example, you have a Staff Role, and you take on a new Staff member that you want to give access to - but you don't want them to yet have the ability to delete users, or perhaps send text messages, etc

### Copying an Existing Role

1. Select **Administration** from the Left Navigation menu
2. Then click on **Roles**
3. Click on **Edit** to the right of the Role you wish to duplicate
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on **Copy**
5. Enter the new name of the Role
6. Click **Save**

You can now Edit this new Role as needed for your requirements.

          

#### Video - User Role Permissions - Copying a Role (1:21)

          [infoodle - User Role Permissions - Copying a Role](https://player.vimeo.com/video/729847566?h=1a2472cf9c&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479)

          For more Information:

          

- **[Role Information Detail](/v1/docs/role-information-detail)**
- **[Assigning a user a Role & Login](/v1/docs/assigning-a-user-a-role-login)**

## Related

- [Roles](/roles.md)
- [Adding a New Role](/adding-a-new-role.md)
- [Role Information Details](/role-information-detail.md)
- [Editing a Role](/editing-a-role.md)
- [Changing a Person's Role](/changing-a-persons-role.md)