Can you link directly to a new copy of a Google Docs or Sheets?

Question

Is it possible to craft a URL (or bookmarklet) so that when clicked it opens a fresh "copy" of an existing Google Docs or Sheets?

Apparently it used to be possible by appending &newcopy=true to the end of the URL, but this doesn't appear to work any longer.

Is there a new method?

Answer 1

Just change /edit in the end of the link to /copy.

Before:

... B3iw8gTpKwAW8/edit

After:

... B3iw8gTpKwAW8/copy

Answer 2

I'm not sure if there is a supported way to handle this or not, but I was able to get this to work with a little hackery.

From the Google Doc that you want to make the copy link for:

• Click the File drop down
• Click the Make a copy... option
• Click the OK button
• When the new window pops up, quickly copy the initial URL before it redirects to the copied document. This is the link you want.

From there, I removed the &token URL parameter, and the rest should be self explanatory and can be adjusted as necessary: &copyComments, &copyCollaborators, and &title.

Obviously, the user who is trying to make the copy needs the appropriate privileges in the sheet to do so.

Answer 3

Possibly it should work in this way in new sheets!

Goto Share then, get Share able Link. Using the link, you can customize and get that a non-editable/comment able. Then the shared user can create a copy of it/new sheet with the copy.

I understand this may not be the real use case we're using previously. However, it helps me at times.

Answer 4

All i did was /copy instead of /edit :)