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title: "Using Airtable templates"
slug: "using-airtable-templates"
description: "Learn how to use official Airtable Templates  in Airtable. "
updated: 2025-06-23T13:34:25Z
published: 2025-06-24T15:00:05Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.airtable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using Airtable templates

| **Plan availability** | All plan types/levels |
| --- | --- |
| **Permissions** | **Owner/Creator** - You’ll need at least owner or creator permissions in at least one workspace in order to create a new base from a template. |
| **Platform(s)** | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |
| **Related reading** | - [Airtable Templates](https://www.airtable.com/templates) - [Airtable Universe](https://www.airtable.com/universe) |

> [!CAUTION]
> Note
> 
> We recommend using [Omni](/v1/docs/using-omni-ai-in-airtable) to experience a more customized app building experience.

## Using templates in Airtable

To use an Airtable template:

1. Visit the [Airtable Templates gallery](https://www.airtable.com/templates).
2. Search for and select your preferred template.
  1. You can also browse templates by selecting a preferred use case, industry, or feature.
3. Select a template that might fit your use case to reveal a visual example and written overview of what the template accomplishes. Then, click **Use template**.
4. Select your preferred workspace, then click **Add base.**

## Clearing sample data included in templates

To clear the data included in Airtable templates:

1. Visit your [Airtable homepage](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your preferred template base.
3. Click **Restart from scratch**in the bottom right corner.
  1. Note that if you close out of the sidebar shown on the right, then you will not be able to find this option at a later time.
  2. To clear the template data another way:
    1. Click the **˅** icon next to your table’s name.
    2. Click **Clear data**.
    3. Select **Clear data** for confirmation.

## FAQs

**How are Airtable Universe and templates different from each other?**

Airtable Universe differs from our official [templates](https://www.airtable.com/templates) in that the bases on Airtable Universe are created and published by Airtable users. In contrast, our templates are developed and managed by the Airtable team.