# Why are names changed when duplicating boards?

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/why-are-names-changed-when-duplicating-boards/1814>\
**Category:** Help us improve Penpot\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/why-are-names-changed-when-duplicating-boards/1814 "2022-10-14T10:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![LauraWebdev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/laurawebdev/32/1465_2.png) [@LauraWebdev](https://community.penpot.app/u/LauraWebdev)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/why-are-names-changed-when-duplicating-boards/1814/1 "2022-10-14T10:55:32Z")

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Hey everyone, I was wondering about this functionality when duplicating boards. Why does penpot append a number on all items and all groups when duplicating the board? From what I can tell, the layer names don’t have to be unique, and when creating multiple versions of a board, it pollutes names of all layers with a number that references a different board. I usually rename these layers back by hand, but this seems very tedious.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/penpot/original/2X/f/fcc1ec39924d05e561fae129554e22108c1707c0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![myfunnyandy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/myfunnyandy/32/54_2.png) [@myfunnyandy](https://community.penpot.app/u/myfunnyandy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/why-are-names-changed-when-duplicating-boards/1814/2 "2022-10-14T11:34:03Z")

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This is something that we definitely want to change (here’s [the story](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/us/4036)), but somehow it never make it into our prioritizaiton.

We’ll do it eventually. Also, we’re making a list of enhancements that appear to be good for contributions and this one seems to be a good candidate.