# I'm trying to upload a new experiment, but it is updating a previous one

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479>\
**Category:** Online experiments\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479 "2021-10-18T22:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Sidhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/david_sidhu/32/14484_2.png) [@David\_Sidhu](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/David_Sidhu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479/1 "2021-10-18T22:02:44Z")

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I modified my script from a previous experiment. I saved it with a new name. However, when I press the button to run the study online, it is just updating the online study from before instead of creating a new one.

Any advice?

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**Author:** ![TParsons](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/tparsons/32/8301_2.png) [@TParsons](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/TParsons)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479/2 "2021-10-18T22:05:13Z")

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That’s because you’re still in the same project, so it’s just recording a name change and updating it online. To start a new project, you need to move it to a different folder and then sync.

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**Author:** ![David\_Sidhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/david_sidhu/32/14484_2.png) [@David\_Sidhu](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/David_Sidhu)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479/3 "2021-10-18T22:16:38Z")

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Great, thank you! (Just to be sure, you meant a different folder on my computer right? This is what worked.)

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**Author:** ![TParsons](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.psychopy.org/tparsons/32/8301_2.png) [@TParsons](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/TParsons)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/im-trying-to-upload-a-new-experiment-but-it-is-updating-a-previous-one/25479/4 "2021-10-18T22:20:20Z")

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Yep, a different folder on your computer 🙂 When you sync, it creates some git files in the same folder as your experiment - it’s these files which let PsychoPy know what project to sync to, not the psyexp file, so moving to a different folder means there’s no git files nearby and so no linked project.