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2. Click the **+Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **New Dashboard**.
3. Enter a name for your dashboard in the **Name this dashboard** field in the upper left.
**To create a dashboard from a template**:
**To create a dashboard from a template in the dashboards page**:
1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
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3. In the window that appears, select a template and review the template's variables and cells.
4. Click **Create Dashboard**.
**To create a dashboard from a template in the templates UI**:
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
2. Select the **Templates** tab.
3. Hover over the name of the template you want to create a dashboard from, then click **Create**.
**To import an existing dashboard**:
1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
{{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
{{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
2. Click the **Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **Import Dashboard**.
3. In the window that appears:
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4. Select an organization from the **Destination Organization** dropdown.
5. Click **Import JSON as Dashboard**.
## Create dashboards with templates
**To create a dashboard from a template in the dashboards page**:
1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
{{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
2. Click the **+Create Dashboard** menu in the upper right and select **From a Template**.
3. In the window that appears, select a template and review the template's variables and cells.
4. Click **Create Dashboard**.
**To create a dashboard from a template in the templates UI**:
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
2. Select the **Templates** tab.
3. Hover over the name of the template you want to create a dashboard from, then click **Create**.
## Clone a dashboard
1. Hover over the dashboard name in the list of dashboard to show options.

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Create, edit, and manage templates
Templates are a way to create and share dashboards across organizations without starting from scratch.
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## Create a template
## Import a template
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{nav-icon "settings"}}
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
## Import a template
2. Select the **Templates** tab.
3. Click **Import Template** in the upper right.
4. In the window that appears:
* Select **Upload File** to drag-and-drop or select a file.
* Select **Paste JSON** to paste in JSON.
5. Click **Import JSON as Template**.
## Create a template from an existing dashboard
1. Click the **Dashboards** icon in the navigation bar.
{{< nav-icon "dashboards" >}}
2. Click the settings icon ({{< icon "gear" >}}) next to a dashboard in the list, then click **Export**. The dashboard JSON appears in a new window.
3. Click **Save as template**.
## Clone a template
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
2. Select the **Templates** tab.
3. Hover over the template you want to clone, then click {{< icon "clone" >}}.
4. Click **Clone** to confirm. The cloned template appears in your list.

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title: Delete templates
title: Delete a template
seotitle: Delete InfluxDB templates
description: Delete templates in the InfluxDB user interface (UI).
v2.0/tags: [templates]
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To delete a template in the InfluxDB UI:
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
2. Select the **Templates** tab.
3. Hover over the name of the template you want to delete, then click **{{< icon "trash" >}}**.
3. Click **Delete** to delete your dashboard.

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To view templates in the InfluxDB UI:
1. Click the **Settings** icon in the left navigation.
{{< nav-icon "settings" >}}
2. Select the **Templates** tab. The list of templates appears.
3. Click on the name of a template to view its JSON.