# Create items from a template

A template is a ready-made item of one type. It holds field values, a description and the items to create under it. Use one when you create an item, or apply one to an item you already have.

## Create an item from a template

- **The default template** applies by itself. When a type has one, every new item of that type starts from it. A **Template** chip next to the type shows its name. Click the cross on the chip to create a plain item instead.
- **In a quick-add row**, click the type chip and pick a template under **Templates**, after the types. Or type `/` and part of a template name, then press `Enter`.
- **In the create panel**, click the **Template** chip next to the type and pick one.

Picking a template sets the type. It also fills the title and the description when they are still empty.

## Apply a template to an item

1. Open the item's menu and choose **Apply template**.
2. Pick a template of the item's type.

Empty fields are filled. A field that already has a value keeps it. The template's items are added under the item. A message says what changed, and **Undo** reverts the fields and the added items.

## Save an item as a template

Open the item's menu and choose **Save as template**. Name it, and choose whether to include its child items. Tick **Use for every new …** to make it the default for the type.

## Manage templates

Templates are listed in **Settings › Templates**. When there are templates of more than one type, the chips above the list narrow it to one type. To rename a template or change what it creates, point at its name and click the pencil, or open its **⋯** menu and choose **Edit template**.

> **Note:** Saving, editing and deleting templates needs permission to change types. Using a template needs only permission to create items of its types. A template that holds items or fields you cannot see shows without them, and you cannot edit it: saving it would remove them for everyone.

## Next

- [How templates work](../../how-it-works/item-templates/)
- [What is a type?](../what-is-a-type/)