How do I save a project with a new name. For example saving ‘My Project’ as ‘My Project v2’ I’ve tried several ways, nothing works. Exporting as an ippz archive sort of works but I can’t rename it, it’s read-only and can’t be saved. Obviously I’m missing something.

Sorry for the late reply. It’s unfortunately correct that this is still not supported yet, I hope we can implement such a feature soon. The cleanest way to copy a project is still Cloning a project, there's no "save as" - #6 by grubernd . But it’s really not that bad to just copy a whole projects di…

I’m not sure if there is a better way in the newer versions of LibrePCB, but you could try this one: [image] Cloning a project, there's no "save as" Help How do I do the equivalent of “save as” to make a new version of a whole project? Can I just duplicate th…

Thanks for your reply Sasmus. Yes I had read that post but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I get a message like ’There is no project in this folder’ (probably not the exact words). Also the poster asked if that method would cause conflicts, which wasn’t answered.

No problem ubruhin, I think you are a busy man! I’ll try copying the file again and look for that hidden file :slight_smile: Perfect, hidden files were the problem it seems. Thanks again.

Hi, when I create a new version of a PCB, I usually start by copying the project folder and renaming it. For example, from Baseboard_V1.00 to Baseboard_V1.10 Then, in the new folder, I rename the .lpp file accordingly, for example from Baseboard_V1.00.lpp to Baseboard_V1.10.lpp After that, I de…

[image] giancarlo64: when I create a new version of a PCB, I usually start by copying the project folder and renaming it. Honestly my recommended workflow for new versions is to keep working on the same project, not creating a new project for every revision. But I always add a *.lppz output j…

How to save Project with new name?

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sasmus January 26, 2026, 4:00pm 2

I’m not sure if there is a better way in the newer versions of LibrePCB, but you could try this one:

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