How to make independently editable copies of the same node group?

Question

I'm working with a node group (⎈ CtrlG) and I would like to make an independently editable copy of it.

When I'm making a duplicate (⇧ ShiftD), there is a second node group created. However, whenever I make changes to the nodes inside this copy, the changes are also applied to the first group. How do I avoid that?

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:48

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Click the little number next to the name of the node group after duplicating it:

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This will "unlink" that node group and make it into a copy, so that editing it will not change other instances of the group it was duplicated from.

The number refers to the number of "users" of that datablock, i.e. the number of instances of that node group.

answered Dec 02 '14 at 20:48

gandalf3

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I was writing my answer... D: – someonewithpc Dec 02 '14 at 20:48
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@someonewithpc By all means, keep writing it ;) (we want to boost our answer ratio, so why not?) – gandalf3 Dec 02 '14 at 20:52
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Because it's the same.. – someonewithpc Dec 02 '14 at 20:54
In Blender 3.0, I don't see this button - but it's in the side panel in node -> properties. – mik01aj Mar 16 '22 at 18:28

How to make independently editable copies of the same node group?

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