# Prevent Duplicate Collections
**URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241 "2020-02-13T20:07:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@vismonkey](https://forum.adalo.com/u/vismonkey)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241/1 "2020-02-13T20:07:54Z")
Is there a way to prevent creating a collection with the same name. For instance I have a simple button that creates a new “company” collection as well as names it from an input. However I don’t want the company to be added more than once as a collection. So I would like for the button to be disabled or something similar when the input for the company name already matches a company collection with that same name.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@ibornset](https://forum.adalo.com/u/ibornset)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241/2 "2020-02-20T17:22:14Z")
I also need this solution, to prevent a record with the same name from being added.
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### Author:  [@geoffrey.tissot2](https://forum.adalo.com/u/geoffrey.tissot2)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241/3 "2020-10-29T16:12:40Z")
Hi, did you guys find a solution here ? Thank you 🙂
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### Author:  [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241/4 "2020-10-30T12:26:56Z")
Hi @geoffrey.tissot2,
There is no “built-in” way to prevent creating duplicate records in the collections.
This is a common question, so I’ve decided to create a video tutorial for that, see here:
> [@Adalo hints: how to prevent from creating duplicate records in the collection (UPDATED with 2nd video)](https://forum.adalo.com/t/adalo-hints-how-to-prevent-from-creating-duplicate-records-in-the-collection/5475):
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> Sometimes one needs to be sure that the value of the property in collection is unique for each record. As an example - you need to be sure that name of the company / restaurant / event / etc. is unique and record with this name can’t be added for the 2nd time. UPDATE: added a second video how to make a modal window with warnings. Thanks for your comments inspiring that! UPDATE #2: please note, the check is case sensitive; so “UGC ODEON” and “ugc odeon” will be treated as different entries. He…
Best regards, Victor.
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### Author:  [@geoffrey.tissot2](https://forum.adalo.com/u/geoffrey.tissot2)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/prevent-duplicate-collections/241/5 "2020-11-01T12:04:20Z")
Interresting, thank’s for the video