What are tables in Airtable?

Tables in Airtable contain a shared type of information across all records in that table. They store information about a single type of item, such as products, projects, tasks, and marketing campaign data.

Airtable allows users to connect information—from different tables across a base—using features like linked records, lookups, rollups, Airtable Automations, and more.

Creating tables in Airtable

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base where you want to create a table.

3. Click + Add or import.

4. Name your table.

5. Click Save.

Deleting tables in Airtable

1. Open your

2. Open the base where you want to delete a table.

3. Click the ⌄ icon  next to the name of the table you want to delete.

4. Click Delete table, then Delete.

Hiding tables in Airtable bases

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base where you want to hide a table. 

3. Click the ⌄ icon next to the name of the table you want to hide.

4. Click Hide table. 

Showing tables in Airtable bases

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base where you want to show a table. 

3. Click the ⌄ icon next to the name of the table you want to show.

4. Click Show table.

Duplicating tables in Airtable bases

Duplicating a table creates a copy of it in the same base, including its fields and views. You can also choose to copy the table’s records.

To duplicate a table:

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base with the table you want to duplicate.

3. Click the ⌄ icon next to the name of the table you want to duplicate.

   1. (Optional) Turn on Duplicate records to copy the table’s records along with its fields and views.

4. Click Duplicate table.

The new table is added to the base with “copy” added to its name—for example, “Projects copy.” Keep in mind:

• Synced tables always include their records when duplicated, so the "Duplicate records" option can’t be turned off for them.

• If the table has linked record fields, Airtable adds a new linked record field to each linked table so it connects to the copy.

• Shared view links aren’t copied.

• Form views are copied with new share links.

• Record comments aren’t copied to the new table.

Renaming tables and choosing what records are called

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base with the table you want to rename.

3. Click the dropdown icon next to the name of the table you want to rename.

4. Click Rename table.

5. Enter the new table name.

6. (Optional) Under What should each record be called?, choose the word (record type name) Airtable should use for one record in this table - for example, Task, Project, or Client.

7. Click Save.

What the record type name changes

By default, we refer to each row as a record in Airtable. The record type name is the singular word Airtable uses for a single row in that table. It changes labels across the product, not your data. If you set the record name to "task", a list view's add button reads "Add task" instead of "Add record", and the same wording carries into labels such as "Expand task", "Insert task above", and "Find an existing task" in linked record fields.

Changing the record name doesn't rename the table, change any field or record values, or break automations, interfaces, or anything else that references the table. You can change it again at any time.

Keep in mind:

• Airtable suggests a record name based on the table name, so check it after you rename a table.

• You can also set the record name when you first create a table.

• If you're building a list with multiple levels, set a record name on each table in the hierarchy so that each level's "add button" names what it creates.