{"id":751,"date":"2022-06-30T14:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:35:41","slug":"copy-a-flow-in-power-automate-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/copy-a-flow-in-power-automate-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Copy A Flow In Power Automate Desktop? (Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Have you been clicking around in Power Automate Desktop and wondering where the option is to copy a flow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spent five minutes trying to figure out where Microsoft had buried the \u201ccopy\u201d button in PAD. It turns out that there isn\u2019t a copy button in the desktop application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, there are several other ways to achieve what you want. This article will take you through the only way I could get this to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This option is easier to use if you don\u2019t break a flow up into lots of sub flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The method involves opening the flow, copying the contents to your clipboard, and pasting into a new flow. You will see all your actions recreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, you have to copy each sub flow separately, which can be tedious if you have a lot. But the process still works fine if you do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow these steps to copy a single flow or sub flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may need to wait a few seconds to see the contents appear in the new flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If nothing appears when you Paste, then the contents may have been cleared from the clipboard. This tends to happen if you click around on the PAD interface and then come back to your new flew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you find that nothing is copied then repeat from step 3 and take the optional next step of pasting the contents into a text file. Now you can copy the contents again from the text file, and paste them into the edit window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have a programming background so I like to use sub flows and variables. This is what I saw when I pasted a sub flow before I copied the Main flow.<\/p>\n\n\n