# Duplicating items in timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-items-in-timeline/302727>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 6, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-items-in-timeline/302727 "2010-01-06T16:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![tears\_of\_woe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tears\_of\_woe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tears_of_woe)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicating-items-in-timeline/302727/1 "2010-01-06T16:19:24Z")

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hi,

when copying one timeline to another it keeps asking me to ‘replace existing items’.

When i do this it pastes 2 instances of the same item on my page + another random item.

Can anyone tell me why this is happening please?

thanks in advance.  
T.O.W