# Duplicate a table without the original ROW IDs

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374 "2024-08-02T10:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![joaool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joaool/32/68480_2.png) [@joaool](https://community.glideapps.com/u/joaool)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374/1 "2024-08-02T10:13:19Z")

</div>

I am missing something or it’s a bug…

I duplicated my table and ROW IDs were also to the new table. This is weird, because every ROW ID should be different. Following previous posts about the same issue, I deleted the row and recreated it again - I got the same Row IDs of the original table. I renamed the column, but the create Row Id is still disabled. It is strange that my only option is to export and import a table to get a duplicate with unique row IDs.  
What am I missing here?

Am I right? Do you have the same?

* * *

**Team ID:**

- In the Glide dashoard URL, e.g.  
`https://go.glideapps.com/o/your-team-id-here/`

**App ID:**

- In the Glide builder URL, e.g.  
`https://go.glideapps.com/app/your-app-id-here/layout`

**Description**

- Tell us what’s happening.

**How to replicate**

- List the steps, in detail, for recreating the issue.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374/2 "2024-08-02T10:24:17Z")

</div>

This is correct and expected behaviour, and it’s actually very useful in some scenarios.

RowIDs are only guaranteed to be unique within a single table.  
When you duplicate a table with RowIDs, then add a RowID column to the duplicate, you will get the same values.

If you want a new set of unique RowIDs (different from the original table), you can do the following:

- Export the data to CSV, without the RowID column
- Delete all data from the table
- Import the CSV data

This should give you a new set of unique RowID values.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![joaool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joaool/32/68480_2.png) [@joaool](https://community.glideapps.com/u/joaool)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374/3 "2024-08-06T22:58:16Z")

</div>

Thanks Darren!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/duplicate-a-table-without-the-original-row-ids/75374/4 "2025-02-02T22:58:26Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.