# How to determine if a template is used in a project?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-if-a-template-is-used-in-a-project/84748 "2024-01-25T01:39:00Z")\
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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:** [January 25, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-determine-if-a-template-is-used-in-a-project/84748/4 "2024-01-25T16:27:55Z")

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Basically the same question was asked here w.r.t Perspective:

> [@How to tell is component is used/referred to](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-tell-is-component-is-used-referred-to/84661):
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> i'm cleaning up a couple of projects and i was wondering if there is a way to tell if a particular view/component is referenced or used anywhere in the project? there's a LOT of dev-debris in these projects; unnamed components/views, &c. and they are being used in production (don't even get me started...) so i can't just delete willy-nilly. items that are in use need to be carefully renamed and scripts updated, &c. so i'm wondering if there's something to help me decide what's dross and what'…

And the answer is much the same. Collect usage statistics "manually" (see Phil's advice) if you want a well informed _guess_ at whether something is truly used.

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