---
title: "Create a copy of a Mask"
slug: "create-a-copy-of-a-mask"
description: "Learn how to copy a Screen Mask in Design Mode; retain layout elements and apply the copy to Screens or Capsules as needed."
tags: ["Screen", "Developer", "Design Mode", "Mask", "Capsule"]
updated: 2025-11-06T12:51:13Z
published: 2025-10-16T15:43:00Z
canonical: "help.board.com/create-a-copy-of-a-mask"
---

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# Create a copy of a Mask

Copying a Mask is particularly useful, for example, when you need to create Masks that uses the same Objects but displayed in a slightly different way, or when you want to preserve some general graphic customization throughout your Screens.

To **create a copy of a Mask** within the same Capsule or in another Capsule within your Board Platform, you need to activate Design Mode.

![contents/assets/images/new mask. save as.gif](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/create-a-copy-of-a-mask-image-llsyho17.png) Once Design Mode is active, proceed as follows:

1. **Open a Capsule**, hover over the Mask name you want to copy in the side panel and click on the three-dot icon that appears on the right side of it or right-click over the Mask name.
2. **Click on "Save as".**
3. **Enter a name** for the Mask copy and choose a Capsule location to save it.

> [!NOTE]
> *You can save the Mask copy in any existing Capsule.* *The new Mask name can be the same when saved in a different Capsule and cannot be the same as the original when saved within the same Capsule.* *The Mask name can be any number of characters long and include any Unicode characters except the following: \ / : * " < > |* You can always rename the Mask within the Capsule it exists.
4. **Click "OK"**. The page will refresh and the newly copied Mask will appear in the tree diagram in the left panel, under the "Masks" folder.

> [!NOTE]
> *When you create a copy of a Mask, all selections applied to the the original Mask will be retained.*

## Related

- [About Screen Masks](/about-screen-masks.md)
- [Create a Screen Mask](/create-a-screen-mask.md)
- [Associate or detach a Mask with one or more Screens](/associate-or-detach-a-mask-with-one-or-more-screens.md)
- [Save, edit, rename, and delete a Mask](/save-edit-rename-and-delete-a-mask.md)