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# Update multiple items

Use **Select** mode to choose multiple items in a collection and edit, update, duplicate, or export them at once.

![Bulk select mode](/_fern-img/0e9748c48a6f48fd34be85d15243c66636767be4e3b2becc3c945a6d8b50ae0e.webp)

## Enter select mode

#### Select a collection

Choose the collection containing the items you want to update.

#### Click Select

In the collection header, click **Select**. Checkboxes appear on each row.

#### Choose items

Click checkboxes to select individual items, or use the header checkbox to select all visible items.

#### Choose an action

Use **Update items** for lifecycle actions or **Edit items** to change field values, **Duplicate** to copy selected items, or **Export** to download a CSV. Confirm if prompted.

#### Exit select mode

Click **Exit select** when finished.

## Edit selected items

Open **Update items** and click **Edit items** to change field values on every selected item from one sheet.

Fields start empty. Wicked CMS applies only the fields you edit to each item. Untouched fields keep their existing values. Clearing a field clears it on every selected item. **Slug** cannot be edited in bulk.

Click **Save**, **Publish**, or **Queue for next site publish** to apply changes. Use **Reset field** on a touched field to exclude it from the update.

## Update items actions

Open **Update items** to apply a lifecycle action to every selected item:

| Action                    | Effect                                          |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| **Save as draft**         | Save changes for selected items as drafts       |
| **Queue for publish**     | Queue selected items for the next site publish  |
| **Publish**               | Publish selected items live                     |
| **Unpublish**             | Unpublish selected items                        |
| **Archive**               | Archive selected items                          |
| **Unpublish and archive** | Unpublish and archive in one step               |
| **Unpublish and delete**  | Unpublish and permanently delete selected items |

## Duplicate selected items

Click **Duplicate** in the bulk toolbar to copy every selected item. In the confirmation dialog, choose how to create the copies:

| Option                  | Effect                                                  |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Create as draft**     | Save copies as drafts                                   |
| **Queue for publish**   | Queue copies for the next site publish                  |
| **Publish immediately** | Publish copies live (requires the site to be published) |

Each copy keeps all field data from the source item. Slugs are generated automatically to stay unique. On multi-locale sites, copies are created across all of the source item's locales.

## Confirmation dialogs

Destructive bulk actions require confirmation:

* **Unpublish**
* **Unpublish and archive**
* **Unpublish and delete**

Review the selected items carefully before confirming.

## Progress dialog

While a bulk action, edit, or duplicate runs, a progress dialog shows the action in progress (for example, **Saving items**, **Publishing items**, or **Duplicating items**) with a progress bar. Wait for it to complete before starting another bulk action.

## Bulk actions and filters

Select mode uses the items currently visible in the table, including the results of an active [search](/search-items), [filter](/filter-items), or [advanced filter](/advanced-filter). Filter the list first to target a subset, then enter select mode.

## Single-item alternatives

Use **Edit items** to apply the same field changes across many items. To edit one item with live diff, status, and locale details, open it with **OPEN** and use [Save changes](/save-changes) or [Publish an item](/publish-an-item).

## Related guide

Review [Understand item status](/understand-item-status) to interpret status changes after bulk operations.

> Select and act on many CMS items at once