How to move, duplicate, and delete visualizations

If you're creating lots of visualizations and need a good overview of them, the Archive is your best friend (here's a direct link if you're logged in). This article explains how to select, copy, move, delete, or duplicate visualizations. It also explains how to make your visualizations private. 

How can I select multiple visualizations?
How can I copy or move visualizations to another folder?
How can I delete or duplicate visualizations?
I'm part of a team. How can I make my visualizations private?

👉 Learn more about the display options in the archive and how to sort and search in it in this Academy article.
👉 Learn how to move, duplicate, move, rename, or delete folders in   this Academy article.
👉 For ideas on how to  better organize lots of visualizations (e.g. with templates or by mirroring your process),  visit this Academy article.

How can I select multiple visualizations?

To select one or multiple visualization, hover over the preview of your visualization (in the grid view) and then click on the checkbox in the top left corner, or hover over a row (in the list view) and click on the checkbox that appears in the beginning of the row. 

You can also drag to select: Hold the mouse while moving your cursor over all visualizations you want to select. 

You can also select all visualziations in a folder by clicking on Select all visualizations at the top.

How can I copy or move visualizations to another folder?

There are a few ways to move visualizations:

A

The easiest way is to select one or multiple visualizations (see above), then drag them on the folder you want to move them to: 

To move one visualization, drag it directly to a new folder. To move multiple visualizations, select them before dragging them all together to the new folder.

To copy the selected visualizations instead of moving them, hold option/alt while dragging them to another folder. This automatically adds a "(copy)" to their title.

B

Another way is to ① select one or multiple visualizations and to click on ② Copy to... or Move to... that appear at the top: 

This opens a pop-up where you can select the folder you want to move or copy your charts to. There you can also search for a folder, which makes it perfect if you handle lots of folders or have multiple teams:

If you click on the Copy to... action, you can decide if you want to add "(Copy)" to the end of your visualization title

C

A third way to move or copy visualizations it to hover over a visualization, then ①  click on the three dots in the upper right (in grid view) or at the end of the row (in list view). This opens a menu which lets you ② copy and move visualizations with the same dialogue as in the previous option:  

How can I delete or duplicate visualizations?

There are a few ways to delete or duplicate visualizations. The easiest way to delete or duplicate individual visualizations is to click on the visualization thumbnail or title. The visualization will appear in a pop-up window with an option to edit, duplicate, publish/export, and delete the visualization:

Click Delete, then confirm. If you choose Duplicate, a new tab will open with a copy of your visualization. That duplicate version of your visualizations will be in the same folder as your original one.

Similar to copying and moving visualizations, you can also use ② the menu that appears when you hover over the visualization, then click on the ①  three dots in the upper right (in grid view) or at the end of the row (in list view):

To delete or duplicate  multiple visualizations at once, first select them, then use the action items Duplicate to or Delete that appear at the top, as described in the previous question. 

I'm part of a team. How can I make my visualizations private?

You'll see the name of your teams and the charts you and your team members created in the folders under ▼SHARED

To make a chart private, move it into a private folder named “My archive” under  ▼PRIVATE

Only you can access charts inside My archive. That means that you can drag any charts (e.g. your drafts) to your private folder, work on them in private, and move them back to the team folder once you’re happy with it.


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