# Convert & Delete/Replace Entity preserving references

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-delete-replace-entity-preserving-references/2530>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
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**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-delete-replace-entity-preserving-references/2530 "2022-02-11T05:00:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/convert-delete-replace-entity-preserving-references/2530/6 "2025-02-24T07:02:28Z")

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Just adding a link here for anyone who didn’t find this related topic:

> [@Cloning an entity and re-mapping where it is mentioned](https://community.fibery.io/t/cloning-an-entity-and-re-mapping-where-it-is-mentioned/6578):
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> Sometimes, you might want to convert an entity of one type into an entity of another type. Fibery does have native support for such a conversion [image] but any other entities in your workspace that mention the original item, will continue to point to the original and not the new clone. To solve this, I have created a script which will re-map all the #mentions in entities so that they point to the newly created one. The script is designed to work as the second action in an automation, where…

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