: Pasted symbols duplicate the master in Sketch For some reason, sometimes when I copy/paste a symbol or a group of symbols, it creates a new symbol in the symbol page which creates a huge mess

@Berryessa866

I just tired my sketch v43.1 and found:

When you copy paste symbol instance, the symbol master will be duplicated.
If you use command + D to duplicate the instance, the master won't be duplicated.

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@Odierno310

I've had the same issue sketchapp42. I've copied a group of elements (that included a symbol) to separate art boards (same file).. and its made duplicates of the symbol each time. So I've tediously had to delete the dulicate symbols, and manually reinstate from the "insert symbol option" which works ok.

Unless I'm missing something, this seems a bug as it does not consistently make this error.

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@Shanna688

Does the artboard of the symbol you're duplicating have a purple title rather than a gray one? You might be replicating the original symbol rather than an instance of it.

Try inserting a symbol through Insert > Symbols, then duplicating that, and let me know whether you still have this problem.

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