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title: "Duplicating a site"
date: "2025-11-25T21:11:10+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to duplicate your site with its codebase, files, and database using Acquia's Sites Dashboard. Step-by-step guide included."
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The Sites Dashboard provides the option to duplicate a site with its codebase, files, and database.

Prerequisites
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*   You must have the appropriate permissions to duplicate sites.
    
*   Your organization must have available site entitlements. If there are no available entitlements, the operation fails and displays a message
    

### What is included in the duplicated site:

*   Codebase
*   Files
*   Database

### What is not included in the duplicated site:

*   Assigned teams and users
*   SSL certificates
*   Custom domains
*   Database backups of the original site

Duplicating a site
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To duplicate a site:

1.  Log in to [Acquia Source](https://source.acquia.com/) to open the Sites Dashboard.
2.  Select the target subscription (if applicable).
3.  On the **Sites** tab, locate the site that you want to duplicate.
4.  Click the Kebab menu icon on the site and click **Duplicate Site**.
5.  In the Duplicate Site dialog box, review the provided information and confirm that you want to proceed.
    
6.  Enter a label for the new site and select the target subscription (if applicable).
    
7.  Click **Duplicate Site** to start the site duplication process.
    
    After completion, the dashboard displays the new site with unique Acquia-generated URLs.
    
    The operation is auditable and visible in Sites Dashboard notifications.
    

![Duplicate site button in Source user interface](https://acquia.widen.net/content/a388d5cb-c5ba-4634-bb94-b8e3f1a7952b/web/Acquia%20Source%20duplicate%20site%20button.png?h=480&itok=y-YF0k8Z)