# Changing the defaults for project properties

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-defaults-for-project-properties/20144>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-defaults-for-project-properties/20144 "2018-10-15T12:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![dan.kobus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dan.kobus](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dan.kobus)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-defaults-for-project-properties/20144/1 "2018-10-15T12:00:42Z")

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is there a way to change the defaults for the project properties? It would be nice to have the defaults for a new project to have “hide from launch page” enabled. among other things

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-the-defaults-for-project-properties/20144/2 "2018-10-15T15:14:14Z")

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This is not possible in 7.9, but 8.0 adds a concept of ‘project inheritance’ that I _think_ will cover this functionality (I’m not on that development team, so I can’t say for sure).