Use templates

You can use Google-created templates like resumes, budgets, and order forms.

Some template features are only available for work or school accounts, and you’re not currently signed in. To sign in to your work or school account, click here.

Use a Google template

1. On your computer, go to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Forms.
2. At the top right , click Template Gallery.
3. Click the template you want to use.
4. A copy of the template opens.

Templates are available in these languages

• Catalan
• Chinese
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Filipino
• French
• German
• Hindi
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukranian
• Vietnamese

Some template features are only available for work or school accounts, and you’re not signed in. ​

On your computer, open a Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Forms.

1. Open the file you want to copy.
2. In the menu, click File Make a copy.
3. Type a name and choose where to save it.
   • To copy any comments to your new file, click Copy comments and suggestions or Copy comments.
4. Click Ok.

If you have a Google Account through work or school (that doesn’t end in @gmail.com), sign in here.

Show or hide templates

1. Open Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, or Sites homepage.
2. At the top left, click Menu Settings.
3. Turn Display recent templates on home screens on or off.

Insert templates in Google Docs

You can find and insert customizable templates in Google Docs for a wide range of use cases, like:

• Blog posts, press releases, business proposals, and journals.
• Project roadmap, marketing plan, and sales emails for business users.
• Interview guide, onboarding guide, and training manual for human resource teams.
• Reading list and class notes templates for education users.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. Click File New From a template.
3. To pick the template of your choice, scroll through the gallery.
4. Select the template you want.
5. To preview other tabs of the template, at the top left, select the dropdown.
6. Click Insert.

Tips:

• If you already have content in a document, the template will open in a new document tabs.
• To remove a template, you can:
  • At the top left, click Undo .
  • Restore previous version through Version history.
  • Delete the template-related document tabs. Learn how to use tabs in Google Docs.