anytype-docs-getting-started-types-templates.md
Templates are one of our most-beloved ways to work at Anytype, designed to help you scale and personalize your Object creation flows. With Templates, you can:
Customize the cover or icon you want to use to for certain object Types
Automatically re-use the same structure each time you add a new Object
Templates are saved on the Type level, and each Type can support multiple Templates. For example, you can have different Templates for different kinds of Books, like academic, fiction, or non-fiction.
There are three ways to add a Template:
Channel > Content Model > Object Types → Click the Type for which you'd like to create a Template → Click on Templates in the top right corner → Click + to start creating a new template → Give your Template a name and start adding Properties and formatting → Your Template is auto-savedYou can also manage templates directly from the Edit Type menu, accessible from every object.
··· in the top-right corner → Click + Use as a Template, and your content will automatically be saved as a new Template for this Object Type.New|▾ in the top-right corner of the List view -> Click on the ▾ button to open up the template modal. Then either create a new template by using the + button, or modify an existing one by clicking on ··· in the top right corner of the template button, and choosing either Edit template, Duplicate or Delete.Depending on the way you've created your new object, either the default template will be applied automatically, or you will be asked to choose a template yourself.
Choose a template
You can also choose the default template for each type by opening the Type object, or you can choose the default template for each List view.
When editing a template, a new toggle lets you choose whether the template's name is pre-filled when creating Objects from it, so you no longer need to manually clear inherited names.
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