[Qgis-user] Saving selections as new layer

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi,

Select the features you want. In the layers panel, right-click the layer
and in the context menu select Export > Save Selected Features. A dialog
appears which allows you to select the output format and other options.

Alternatively, you can also use the Extract by Expressing tool from the
processing toolbox.

https://docs.qgis.org/3.40/en/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/vectorselection.html#extract-by-expression

Just select the "selected features only" option and use 1 ( which represent
true) in the expression. The advantages of this approach is that, if you
want, you can create the new layer as a temporary layer.

Best regards,

Alexandre Neto
www.aneto.pt

A sábado, 20/12/2025, 23:15, Garth Fletcher via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> escreveu:

> Select (highlight in Layers) the layer from which you want to copy
> features,
>    use selection tool to select states,
>    Edit > Copy,
> then select (highlight in Layers the target layer
>    click on pencil ("Toggle Editing") to make it editable,
>    then Edit > Paste
>
> Note: if you want to Copy into a layer that doesn't yet exist
>    then first use Layer > Create Layer  to create a new layer in Layers.
>    Of course it needs to be of the same type as the layer your want to
> copy from...
> Then proceed as above.
>
> Garth Fletcher
>
> On 12/20/25 Mike Breiding <epicroadtrips at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > When I select several states at once from a US layer, how do I save
> > those selections to a new layer?
>
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