---
title: Duplicate an automation
description: Copy an automation, with its trigger, audience, steps and journey moment, into a new inactive draft you can change independently.
sidebar:
  order: 2
area: flows
feature: automations
appPath: /flows/home
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
related:
  - flows/automations/publish-an-automation
  - flows/automations/change-the-mode
  - flows/automations/archive-an-automation
---

Duplicating is the quickest way to make a variant: the same onboarding sequence for a second country, or a copy of a working flow to experiment on without touching the live one.

## Before you start

- Duplicating needs the admin or owner role.
- The copy carries the steps and the moment but none of the published versions or enrollments. It starts **Inactive** with changes to publish.

![Each row's menu offers Duplicate, Archive and Assign Moment.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/flows/automations/flows-automations-row-menu.png)

## Steps

1. In Pyn, open **Flows** in the left navigation, then **Automations**.

2. Open the **...** menu at the right of the automation's row and select **Duplicate**.

3. Pyn creates a copy titled with **(copy)** after the original title and lists it under the same moment. Select it to open the editor.

4. Rename it, change what differs, then select **Publish** and use **Use This** to choose a mode.

## What you should see

A new row whose title ends in **(copy)**, with the **Inactive** status chip and **Required** in the **Publish** column. The original is unchanged and keeps its enrollments.

## Related

- [Publish an automation](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/publish-an-automation/) to make the copy live.
- [Change the mode of an automation](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/change-the-mode/) to pick its mode.
- [Archive an automation](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/automations/archive-an-automation/) to retire the original once the copy replaces it.