# Save the layout

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/save-the-layout/3271>\
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**Created:** [January 2, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/save-the-layout/3271 "2020-01-02T18:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/save-the-layout/3271/6 "2020-01-03T13:25:05Z")

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I was going to reply directly here with a short explanation but as I got deeper into my explanation I thought it best to create a separate topic about how I do backups.

> [@BACKUPS - make it part of your routine](https://community.glideapps.com/t/backups-make-it-part-of-your-routine/3294):
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> In my opinion regular backups are essential when working in Glide. Especially if you are working on an already released application and making changes. So my method is to make a duplicate app fairly regularly, which would depend on how many changes I recently made to the app. So first make the duplicate app. Even though you can select to copy the sheet and not link your duplicate app to the same spreadsheet, I pretty much always link it to the same sheet. The reason for thi…

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