Creating and managing Airtable bases

1. Open your Airtable homepage.

2. Click + Create.

3. Select your preferred workspace.

4. Select one of the following available options:

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1. Open your Airtable homepage.

2. Search for and open the base you want to duplicate.

3. Click the ˅ icon next to the base's name.

4. Select the ... icon, then click Duplicate base.

   1. A new window opens allowing you to mange record and comment settings.

5. Click Duplicate base.

1. Open your Airtable homepage.

2. Open the base you want to customize.

3. Click the ˅ icon next to your base’s name.

4. Select a new base color and icon under the “Appearance” section.

   1. Additionally, you can add third-party emojis using Windows or macOS.

1. Open your Airtable homepage.

2. Open the base you want to delete.

3. Click the ⌄ arrow to the right of your base's name.

4. Click the ... icon and select Delete base, then Delete.

1. Open your Airtable homepage.

2. Create or open your preferred base.

3. Select the cell you want to copy.

   1. The handle will appear as a small box in the right-hand corner of the selected cell.

4. Hover your cursor over the small box in the right-hand corner of your selected cell and drag the handle from the initial cell to your preferred final cell.

   1. After releasing your cursor, the selected cells are filled with your preferred data.

Note

Keep in mind that you can drag the fill handle horizontally or vertically as long as you are selecting cells that are adjacent to one another.

Note

To continue a numeric or date sequence, first configure the field as a number or date field type.

1. Visit your Airtable homepage.

2. Create or open your preferred base.

3. Select the cell(s) you hold the data series you want to continue.

   1. The handle will appear as a small box in the right-hand corner of the selected cell.

   2. For example, dragging the "1, 2" values of two cells will extend the numeric sequence to "1, 2, 3, 4 . . .."

Yes, if the base's owner has created a public share link for their base and toggled on the option to "Allow viewers to copy data out of this view." In that case, viewers of that link can duplicate the base by opening the share link and clicking "Copy base" next to the base's name.

Yes. Any interfaces will be duplicated alongside the duplicated base. Keep in mind that if you chose to not duplicate records, then those duplicated interfaces will not contain context (such as dashboards) or record information.

All bases, including duplicates, can be found by visiting your Airtable homepage. To find a duplicate base:

1. Visit your Airtable homepage.

2. Select the workspace where your duplicated base is saved.

3. Search for the base's name you want to locate.

Note

Unless renamed by the person copying the base, duplicate base's names default to the original name with "(Copy)" added for distinction.  

For collaborators to duplicate a base, the workspace security features below must be disabled by a workspace owner:

1. Go to the home page and select the desired workspace.

2. Click on ...  and select Workspace settings.

3. Turn off "Restrict adding new collaborators to this workspace, its bases, and its interfaces" and "Prevent the creation of new share links within this workspace's bases and interfaces."