# Variables and formulas being copied randomly \_copy

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/variables-and-formulas-being-copied-randomly-copy/16502>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [February 14, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/variables-and-formulas-being-copied-randomly-copy/16502 "2025-02-14T14:08:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![notis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/notis/32/15517_2.png) [@notis](https://community.weweb.io/u/notis)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/variables-and-formulas-being-copied-randomly-copy/16502/1 "2025-02-14T14:08:42Z")

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I noticed that variables and formulas are being copied randomly in the project, without any identified reason or trigger.  
It seems that sometimes when I copy an element it duplicates for no reason. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t. But I haven’t identified a pattern.  
Some variables and formulas show a connection to elements in the finder, other copies show no connection at all. They were just duplicated.

Why this happen? How can fix it?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/5/5458ad9ec59c9f2799ec887b4381f544764238fc.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/4/4b4fbf8596e63df6ec817007013e62553ebdfcac.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/6/67515483c02953d23ab9ee816919ab406ad032f6.png)

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**Author:** ![Guillenius](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/guillenius/32/9570_2.png) [@Guillenius](https://community.weweb.io/u/Guillenius)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/variables-and-formulas-being-copied-randomly-copy/16502/2 "2025-02-16T13:14:20Z")

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hi, when you created a component you duplicated the variable too. However, when you put the component on the page, you should unselected the “duplicate variable” for the component not duplicate them again with the \_copy.