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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6861) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.6.
When you create a new [project](../project/index.md), creating it based on custom project templates is
a convenient option.
Custom project templates are useful for organizations that need to create many similar types of [projects](../project/index.md) and want to start from the same jumping-off point.
## Setting up Group-level Project Templates
To use a custom project template for a new project you need to:
1.[Create a 'templates' subgroup](subgroups/index.md).
1.[Add repositories (projects) to the that new subgroup](index.md#add-projects-to-a-group), as your templates.
1. Edit your group's settings to look to your 'templates' subgroup for templates:
1. In the left-hand menu, click **{settings}****Settings > General**.
NOTE: **Note:**
If you don't have access to the group's settings, you may not have sufficient privileges (for example, you may need developer or higher permissions).
1. Scroll to **Custom project templates** and click **Expand**. If no **Custom project templates** section displays, make sure you've created a subgroup, and added a project (repository) to it.
1. Select the 'templates' subgroup.
### Example structure
Here is a sample group/project structure for a hypothetical "Acme Co" for project templates:
```txt
# GitLab instance and group
gitlab.com/acmeco/
# Subgroups
internal
tools
# Subgroup for handling project templates
websites
templates
# Project templates
client-site-django
client-site-gatsby
client-site-hTML
# Other projects
client-site-a
client-site-b
client-site-c
...
```
### Adjust Settings
Users can configure a GitLab group that serves as template
source under a group's **Settings > General > Custom project templates**.
