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How to replace a PDF file and keep its interactions

Swap the source document without rebuilding links, videos and buttons you already added

Overview

To replace the file behind a flipbook and keep its interactions, open the flipbook's Overview page, click Replace PDF, upload a file with the same number of pages, leave Keep current elements ticked, click Continue, and then click Share and Update. The feature works on all plans.

It saves you from re-uploading a document and re-adding every link and video after you spot a mistake or want more branding. Readers keep the same link.

Requirements

  • Flipbook: made from an uploaded file such as a PDF, not created from scratch: upload a PDF

How to replace a PDF and keep its interactions

  • Open the flipbook's Overview page and click Replace PDF.

The flipbook Overview page with Replace PDF highlighted in the right panel

  • On the Reorder or add more files page, click Replace next to the file.

The Reorder or add more files page with the Replace button highlighted next to the uploaded file

  • Choose From device or Google Drive, depending on where your new file is. A message above the options tells you how many pages the file needs, for example Choose a file with 3 pages.

The Replace menu with the Choose a file with 3 pages message and the From device and Google Drive options highlighted

Important: the new file must have the same number of pages as the one it replaces. Otherwise Flipsnack shows This file must have the same number of pages as the one you are replacing. The same happens if you deleted a page in the Design Studio and added a new one to match the count: it is the number of uploaded pages that has to match.

The error message about the same number of pages highlighted at the bottom of the upload page

  • Select the replacement file. When the upload ends, a Replaced tag appears next to the file name.

The Replaced tag highlighted next to the file name on the upload page

  • Below the file, Keep current elements is ticked by default. Leave it ticked to keep your interactions, or untick it to remove all elements.
  • Click Continue. Flipsnack opens the Customize page.

The Keep current elements checkbox ticked and highlighted above the Continue button

  • Click Share, then Update to publish the new file.

The Publish your flipbook window with the Update button highlighted

💡 Benefits of replacing a PDF instead of starting over
  • Interactions stay in place: links, videos and buttons you added are kept.
  • The share link stays the same: readers you already sent it to do not need a new one.
  • Statistics carry on: the flipbook keeps its history instead of starting at zero.

Troubleshooting

  • Readers still see the old file: the replacement reaches them only after Share and Update.
  • Interactions are gone after the replace: Keep current elements was unticked when you clicked Continue. It is ticked by default.
  • Replace PDF is not on the Overview page: flipbooks created from scratch do not have it.

Additional tips / FAQs

Tip: to fix a typo or swap a single image, skip the replacement and use Edit PDF to change the content in the Design Studio.

Next steps

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