To duplicate a Notion form, duplicate the database it belongs to. Choose Duplicate without content if you want a separate form with its own empty responses table, or duplicate just the form view if you want a second version that saves into the same database. Then check the copy’s share settings before you send the link.
Pick the wrong method and responses land in the wrong table.
Why you can’t duplicate a Notion form on its own
You can’t duplicate a Notion form on its own because the form is a view, and its questions are database properties. Notion’s forms help page says each question in a form “is connected to a property in your database”. Wherever the database goes, the form’s answers go.
That leaves a few ways to copy a form, and each sends responses somewhere different.
| What you duplicate | Where responses go | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| The form view | The same database as the original | You want a variant, like a shorter form for one event |
| The database, without content | A new, empty database | You want the same form for a new client, event or year |
| The database, with content | A new database that already has the old responses | You want a backup or a test copy |
| A template page from someone else | Rebuild the form, or responses may go to its creator | You found a form template online |
Method 1: duplicate the database without content
Duplicating the database without content gives you a separate copy of the form with a clean responses table.
Steps, from Notion’s database guide:
- For a full-page database, click ••• at the top right. For an inline database, hover over it and click the ⋮⋮ handle.
- Select Duplicate.
- Choose Duplicate without content.
You get the same properties and views, form included, with no rows. Rename the copy right away, for example “Workshop registration - March”, so nobody opens the old one by mistake.
Method 2: duplicate just the form view
Duplicating the form view gives you a second form inside the same database. Every response from either form lands in the same table.
The views help page says you can click a view’s name to rename, duplicate, delete or copy its link. Click the form view’s name and choose Duplicate.
Each view keeps its own settings, so you can change the copy’s title, description or question order without touching the original. The questions are still the same database properties, though. Rename a question in one form and the property renames too, unless you turn off Sync with property name for that question.
Example: a feedback database with one long form for customers and a short version for a conference booth. Both write to the same table. To tell them apart, add a Source select and fill it in as you review each row.
Method 3: duplicate a form from a template
Duplicating a form from a template copies the page, but not reliably the form’s ownership. Notion warns that if you share a form that’s part of a template you duplicated into your workspace, you should set up “a separate version of the form from scratch” so responses go to you and not the original form’s creator.
When you duplicate a template from the gallery or a creator’s site:
- Duplicate the page into your workspace.
- In the database, select + next to the views and choose Form. You need Full access to the database for this.
- Select Create {#} questions to build a new form from the existing properties.
- Delete the template’s original form view, so nobody shares the wrong link.
To share your own form as a template, Notion’s templates guide says to publish the page to the web with Allow duplicate as template turned on. The same warning applies to whoever copies it.
Check the copy before you send the link
A duplicated form should be tested before anyone sees it. Notion’s help pages don’t say whether a copied form keeps its sharing settings or gets a new link, so check both.
- Open the copy and select Share form. You need Full access to change these settings.
- Set Who can fill out again: your workspace, anyone on the web with the link, or no access.
- Copy the link and compare it with the original form’s link. They should be different.
- Submit one test response from a private browser window.
- Open the new database’s Responses table and confirm the row is there, not in the old one.
Forms can only be created and customized on desktop and web, not on mobile, so do this on a computer.
Duplicate a single question
To copy one question rather than the whole form, open the question’s ••• menu in the form builder and choose Duplicate question. The copy becomes a new property in the database.
What doesn’t carry over cleanly
The weak spot is anything outside the database. A copied form doesn’t come with the places you shared the old link, like an email footer or a website embed, so those still point at the original form.
My take: use Duplicate without content and keep one database per form. Two forms writing into one table looks tidy until someone renames a shared question and changes both forms at once.
The cost is that separate databases mean separate reports. If you need totals across every event, you’ll need a rollup or an export.
nDBForms works the same way at the core. Each form is connected to a Notion database you pick, and its fields are generated from that database’s properties. To reuse a form for a new database, you connect the new database and the form is generated from its properties. It also has form templates.
Related: how to create a form in Notion, mapping form fields to Notion properties, sharing a Notion form publicly, and what to do when submissions don’t show up.
FAQ
Does duplicating a Notion form copy the responses?
Only if you duplicate the database with content. Duplicate without content copies the properties and views but leaves the rows behind, so the new form starts empty.
Can I duplicate a Notion form into another workspace?
Publish the page with Allow duplicate as template turned on, then duplicate it from the other workspace. Rebuild the form there so responses reach you and not the original creator.
Can I duplicate a single question in a Notion form?
Yes. In the form builder, open the question’s ••• menu and choose Duplicate question.
Why do my duplicated form’s responses go to the old database?
You probably copied a view, or a linked view, of the same database. Duplicate the original database instead and use the form in the copy.