# How to update sprites from a reimported sprite sheet?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744>\
**Category:** Asset Creation\
**Tags:** sprites, unreal-engine, UE4, question\
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744 "2017-09-29T11:38:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_8c806efd1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_8c806efd1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_8c806efd1)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744/1 "2017-09-29T11:38:42Z")

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So I’ve been using a sprite sheet for certain things and have since added more sprites to the sheet and reimported it into UE4. When I extract sprites the sheet the sprites I already had from the previous version of the sheet are added as duplicate sprites so I have to delete the old ones and replace references with the new ones. Is there a way I can reimport a sprite sheet and extract the sprites in a way that they would overwrite the existing sprites?

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**Author:** ![ELKatlan](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@ELKatlan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ELKatlan)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744/2 "2020-11-26T06:28:57Z")

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I’m having this same issue, very annoying especially with large sprite sheets to manually delete and replace and then fix up redirectors. Hoping there’s a better way

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**Author:** ![AY\_2](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@AY\_2](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AY_2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744/3 "2021-03-23T10:11:47Z")

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Has it been solved?

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**Author:** ![Cyrus\_Lam](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Cyrus\_Lam](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cyrus_Lam)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744/4 "2023-07-13T16:56:55Z")

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Still not solve yet… i’m still have the same issue

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**Author:** ![\_Xuhai](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/_xuhai/32/761906_2.png) [@\_Xuhai](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/_Xuhai)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-update-sprites-from-a-reimported-sprite-sheet/405744/5 "2023-10-12T14:47:37Z")

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Has it been solved?