Copy permissions from a forum

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title: Copy permissions from a forum
description: You can copy all permissions and content types from one forum to another.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/customer-service-management/communities/copy-permissions-from-another-forum.html
release: australia
product: Communities
classification: communities
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a forum permission, Forum and user permissions management, Configuring communities, Communities, Customer Service Management]
---

# Copy permissions from a forum

You can copy all permissions and content types from one forum to another.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_communities.forum\_admin

**Important:**

Starting with the Brazil release, Communities is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer installed on new instances but will continue to be supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

## About this task

You can copy permissions from one source forum to multiple target forums.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Community** > **Administration** > **Forums**.

2.  Click the name of the forum that you want to copy permissions from.

3.  Click the **Copy Permissions to Forum\(s\)** related link.

4.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Copy Permissions From|Name of the forum you want to copy permissions from. The name is automatically filled.|
    |Copy Permissions To|Name of the forum you want to copy the permissions to. You can enter more than one forum.|

5.  Click **Save**.


**Parent Topic:**[Create a forum permission](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/customer-service-management/communities/create-forum-permission.md)

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