Clone

Overview

/clone duplicates one thing inside the server you run it in: a channel or a role, with its permissions carried across. It is not how you copy a whole server: that is /backup create on the original and /backup load on the target.

Reach for it when you want another channel set up the way an existing one is, or a second role with the same permissions as one you already trust.

Cloning a channel

Create a copy of a channel, including its permission overwrites. Cloning a category can optionally bring its child channels with it.

/clone channel channel child_channels

channel required

The channel you want to clone.

child_channels optional

Whether to also clone the channels inside it. Only has an effect when the channel is a category.

Default

false

Cloning a role

Create a copy of a role. The new role carries the original’s permissions, and can optionally take its channel-level overwrites too.

/clone role role apply_overwrites

role required

The role you want to clone.

apply_overwrites optional

Whether to give the new role the same per-channel permission overwrites as the original. Without this the clone gets the original’s server-wide permissions only.

Default

false

Note

Cloning a role counts against Discord’s role creation limit, which is 250 per server every 48 hours. See Role Creation Cooldown.