# Remove Clone button from CO form

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/remove-clone-button-from-co-form/2290>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [January 22, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/remove-clone-button-from-co-form/2290 "2025-01-22T13:12:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/remove-clone-button-from-co-form/2290/4 "2025-01-22T19:31:56Z")

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Hi @nfshoobs and @willem –

I reviewed the code, and I have good news! I appear to have initially been completely mistaken. I sincerely apologize for my previous misguidance.

You can use the [default user preferences](https://speciforum.org/t/setting-default-user-preferences/1447) functionality to set some “[Form Meta Menu](https://speciforum.org/t/form-meta-menu/844)” options for other users in the database. Some time ago, it was stored only in the browser, but that was changed all the way back in 7.8! I expressed my dissatisfaction with the previous implementation, but I must have missed when it changed.

You can configure which buttons are visible via the interface (on the account you are logged into), then you can copy your `UserPreferences` app resource into a `DefaultUserPreferences` app resource at the level of your choosing. This doesn’t stop the user from customizing it, but you can absolutely take away the Clone button by default!

In the `UserPreferences` app resource, there is a line that indicates which buttons to hide and for which table (e.g. `"disableClone":["CollectionObject"]`):

 !["disableClone" in the file](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/e/e999c14c45b00057b39691110a10412dc1788239.png)

So @nfshoobs– fortunately your carry forward configuration has been preserved between different browsers and systems! Not to worry.

The following Form Meta menu options are stored in `UserPreferences`:

- Form Definition
  - Use Localized Field Labels

- Show Clone button
- Show Carry Forward button
  - Carry Forward configuration (incl. table and fields)

- Read Only mode
- Generate label on save
- Auto Numbering

🎉

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