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# Reuse a Screen in Navigation

Put the **same** list or form in the tab bar / drawer more than once — then detach that extra tab when it needs its own filters or name.

This is for app makers editing navigation in the builder.

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Reuse is not Duplicate **Reuse screen** adds another navigation entry that still points at the same screen. **Duplicate Screen** makes a full independent copy immediately. **Detach** turns one reused tab into its own copy later.
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If you only remember one sentence:

> Use **Reuse screen** when two tabs should stay in sync. Use **Detach** when that extra tab must diverge. Use **Duplicate Screen** when you want a separate copy from the start.

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### When to reuse vs duplicate vs detach

| Goal                                                                  | Use                        | What happens                                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Same list in two places (for example Home and a group)                | **Reuse screen**           | One screen, two nav entries. Edits apply to both.          |
| Same layout, but this tab needs different filters or a different name | **Reuse**, then **Detach** | The extra tab becomes its own screen.                      |
| Start from an existing screen and never keep them linked              | **Duplicate Screen**       | Immediate full copy (including secondary Details / forms). |

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### Step 1 — Reuse a screen

1. Open the screen in the builder (the one that already lives in navigation).
2. In the screen title bar, click **Reuse screen**.
3. NotionApps adds a second nav entry. The new tab gets a copy of the icon and a slightly different tab name so you can tell them apart.
4. Open **Edit Navigation** and drag the extra tab where it belongs (another group, another role menu, or next to the original).

A banner on a reused screen says it is **Also in navigation as** the other tab names, with **Detach to edit this copy only.**

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### Step 2 — Edit while it is reused

Anything you change on the screen — Filtering, fields, appearance — applies to **every** nav entry that points at it.

That is the point: one Assets list reused under **Field** and **Admin** stays one list.

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### Step 3 — Detach when this tab must be different

1. Select the **extra** nav tab (the alias you want to split off).
2. Click **Detach** in the screen title bar. Detach only appears when the screen is in navigation more than once.
3. NotionApps clones that screen (and its secondary Details / forms) and points **this** nav entry at the clone.
4. The original tab keeps the original screen.

Now you can change filters on the detached copy without changing the original. Example:

* Tab A: Assets, filter **Status** equals Open
* Tab B (detached): Assets, filter **Status** equals Closed

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Detach clones the screen After Detach you have two screens to maintain. If you only needed a second label in the menu, stay on Reuse.
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### Removing a reused tab

If a screen is in navigation more than once, deleting from the extra tab **removes that nav entry only**. The screen itself stays. Deleting the last remaining entry deletes the screen (and its secondaries) as usual.

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### Related

* [App Navigation](https://docs.notionapps.com/screens-and-components/app-navigation)
* [Open Screens That Are Hidden From Navigation](https://docs.notionapps.com/how-to-guides/open-screens-that-are-hidden-from-navigation)
* [Filter lists with groups and dynamic values](https://docs.notionapps.com/how-to-guides/filter-lists-with-groups-and-dynamic-values)
* [15 Sep 2026 Release](https://docs.notionapps.com/release-notes/15-sep-2026-release)