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Duplicate Folders, Lists and tasks with the API
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Juan Cardenas
September 11, 2020
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Philipp Berner
Hi,
we added Create List from Template options to the API
https://developer.clickup.com/reference/createfolderlistfromtemplate
It sounds like this will solve the majority of use cases described in here?
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April 16, 2025
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Martin Widemann
Philipp Berner duplicating a task is quite different to using a template.
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April 17, 2025
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Philipp Berner
Martin Widemann: yes. I mentioned this because it seems to cover a majority of the use cases in here that people are looking for.
We don't have a real duplication feature right now, so I'm leaving this Post as Open.
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April 17, 2025
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Martin Widemann
Philipp Berner you have this feature in the GUI. Can't be such a challenge to put it in the API. Already waiting 5 years for that.
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April 18, 2025
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Philipp Berner
Hello all,
I'm new to the API and just familiarizing myself with the posts.
could you explain to me the workflow you'd like to solve in code where duplicating a task, list or folder would be helpful.
Questions that come to my mind:
  • Why not get a task and use that content to create another one?
  • Duplicating a folder, what does the new folder content look like? Is it empty or does it have all the lists in there?
Thanks for sharing your needs.
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November 8, 2024
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Justin Raine
Philipp Berner We create and use a new list for each new client project we work on.
I set up a list template set up with views pre-configured, dummy tasks set up with descriptions, time estimates, etc... Our current workflow is to use this to build-out the new client project once a sale is completed.
We're doing this manually but if there was a "Create List from Template" or "Duplicate list" functionality available via the API I could automate at least part of the project setup task.
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November 8, 2024
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Philipp Berner
Justin Raine: Got it. I'm just spending some time on how a Create from Template API for object could look like. Good to hear that this would solve your problem. Thanks for the quick reply
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November 8, 2024
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Miguel
Philipp Berner I second to what Justin Raine said. I have a "Catalog" Space with my services separated by folders. Those folders have different lists with different views and different visible columns, etc. They are basically prepared for new projects, but we need to duplicate those service folders manually at the moment.
Here are some functions that would solve the problem in preferred order:
  • "Duplicate Folder" and/or "Duplicate List" - Carrying all the views, settings, columns, etc.
  • "Create List from Template" or "Create Folder from Template"
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November 8, 2024
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Lu Leite
Philipp Berner if we get to duplicate folders with for example Make or Zapier, then we can trigger the automation by a form submission with client details that will require just a couple steps/modules. Right now we have a massive automation process, divided in several 'automations' just to accomplish: creating a folder, creating lists inside the folder, creating tasks within each list, assigning people and due dates, updating custom fields, etc. In our case, we need 7-10 lists per folder, and each list can have 30 different task, with multiple subtasks. We have template folders, template lists and tasks but this can't be duplicated in Make or Zapier, not all of the mentioned options. Instead, we'd like to duplicate a template folder that has everything we need inside and just map the tasks that will require due date updates.
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November 8, 2024
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Troy Zirk
I would like to be able to duplicate a task within the API.
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September 10, 2024
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Igor Cerjan
Really need this!
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August 23, 2024
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Vivek Bhaugeerutty
is this planned ? it would make a great addition
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May 24, 2024
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Sofian Saoudi
It's crazy to me that this is still not available... Clickup comm'on
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March 31, 2024
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Juan Felipe Ardila Diaz
This is an important feature to implement
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March 14, 2024
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Lu Leite
This is already possible if we use Zapier, then why not Make (Integromat)?
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December 15, 2023
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高建伟-Gao Jianwei-Dev
Does the API support duplicate task now?
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June 21, 2023
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Andrew Vink
This would be awesome! We've been able to do this in the past with other PM tools - surprised to see this missing in ClickUp, looking forward to having this in out automated workflow again :)
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February 23, 2023
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