# Templates

Some days you want a blank page. Other days you want the same few prompts waiting for you. Templates are for those days.

![The Templates list in Cozy's Journal settings, with one template marked as the default](https://cozyjournal.app/_astro/templates.B6oyRRpc_Z4c9kO.webp)

## Your templates

[Section titled “Your templates”](#your-templates)

Templates live in **Settings → Journal → Templates**, one list per journal. A new journal has none, so new entries start blank until you add one.

-   **Add a starter** gives you one of four to begin with: **Morning pages**, **Bullet journal**, **Gratitude** and **Daily review**. Once added, it’s yours to edit.
-   **New template** starts from nothing. Give it a **Name**, some **Tags** if you like, and the **Text** you want every entry to start with. Markdown works here: `#` for a heading, `-` for a list, `- [ ]` for a task.

Write `{{date}}`, `{{weekday}}` or `{{time}}` anywhere in the text and Cozy fills in the day or the time when the template is used. Morning pages opens with `{{weekday}}, {{time}}.` so each page knows when you wrote it.

Every entry made from a template gets its tags too. The Gratitude starter tags its entries `gratitude`.

## A default for new entries

[Section titled “A default for new entries”](#a-default-for-new-entries)

Open a template’s menu and pick **Use as default**. From then on, every new entry in that journal starts with it. It shows a **Default** label in the list. Pick **Stop using as default** to go back to blank pages.

## Using a template while you write

[Section titled “Using a template while you write”](#using-a-template-while-you-write)

Already in an entry and want a template in it?

-   Type `/` and the template’s name. Templates show up in the slash menu next to headings and lists.
-   Or press **⌘K** and choose **Use template**, then pick one.

![The command palette after Use template, listing the journal's templates](https://cozyjournal.app/_astro/templates-picker.Di_hpo-x_Z2vkq4a.webp)

The template lands at your cursor, and its tags join the entry’s. Changed your mind? One undo takes the whole of it back, tags included.

## On iPhone

[Section titled “On iPhone”](#on-iphone)

Your templates are in **Settings → Journal → Templates**, where you can add, edit and pick the default the same way. While you write, tap the template button above the keyboard to drop one into the entry. You can also search for **Use template**.

![Cozy's Settings on iPhone, with Templates under Journal, beside an entry open on the phone](https://cozyjournal.app/_astro/iphone-settings.Dhji4twn_KMUKS.webp)

Each template is a Markdown file in your journal’s `.cozy/templates` folder. It syncs with the journal, so the same templates are waiting on every device, and it outlives the app like everything else you write. See [Where your files live](https://cozyjournal.app/docs/your-data/files/).

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