Synced blocks

Ever needed to draft the same descriptions across different docs, reuse a page footer, or reference your personal to-dos in a meeting note?

Notion allows you to sync content blocks across multiple locations. With synced blocks, you can edit all these instances at the same time! Time = saved 💪

Syncing content

Syncing content across pages

To sync content across pages, simply copy one or multiple blocks from one page, paste in another, then select Paste and sync.

  • Drag across blocks to select content to sync, then copy (cmd/ctrl + c ).
  • Navigate to another page and paste (cmd/ctrl + v).
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  • Select Paste and sync. Your content now syncs across pages.
  • Synced content are indicated by a red ring. Editing in one page will change other instances in real time.
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  • To sync the content in additional places, click Copy and sync, then paste in your intended destination.
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Syncing within the same page

Synced blocks also work inside the same page! You can convert any existing content in your workspace into a synced block, then paste to create a copy.

  • Select the existing blocks by dragging across them with your cursor.
  • Click the ⋮⋮ block handle to the left of the selection. Select Turn into → Synced block to make selected blocks syncable.
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Tip: The slash command /turnsync can also be used to convert an existing block into a synced block!
  • Click Copy and sync, then paste in the same page.
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Other ways to sync

You can add new synced blocks from scratch:

  • Add a new Synced block with /syncedblock or with the + menu
  • Add new content directly within, or drag existing content into the synced block.
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  • Click Copy and sync and paste in any destination to create a synced copy.

Editing synced content

  • Hovering over content synced across different pages will show a red border, making it easy to identify.
  • Click on a synced block to edit and add content within. You can also drag other blocks into the synced block.
  • In the synced block menu, you see a message: Editing in ↙ # other pages that indicates the number of pages in which the synced block exists.
  • Clicking on Editing in ↙ # other pages will allow you to view and navigate to any of those other locations.
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Tip: In this menu, the original synced block will have ORIGINAL next to it.

Unsyncing blocks

Unsyncing a copy

If you want to unsync a copied block from the rest:

  • Click ⋮⋮ block handle to the left of the block, or ••• in the menu.
  • Then, click Unsync.
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  • This specific content has now been unsynced. Other synced blocks will be unaffected.

Unsync all

If you want to unsync all synced blocks at once:

  • Navigate to the original synced block. You can do this by clicking Editing in ↙ # other pages and then the backlink labelled ORIGINAL.
  • Click ⋮⋮ block handle to the left of the block, or ••• in the menu.
  • Then, click Unsync all.
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  • All iterations of this content has now been unsynced, turning the associated blocks into individual duplicates.

FAQs

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I added a synced block to another page, but no one else can see it.
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I added a synced block to another page, but no one else can edit it.
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Synced blocks aren't appearing on a page that I exported.

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