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# Replacing Text Across Many Files

To replace all occurrences of a text string in all project files with another text string:

1. Open the Find menu and click Find in Files.
   - On Windows, you can instead press Ctrl-Shift-F.
   - On macOS, you can instead press Cmd-Shift-F.
2. In the Find box that appears below the editor, type the text string you want to find.
3. (Optional) In the box to the right of the find button, enter a pattern for the filenames you want to match. Several patterns can be separated by a comma, and files can be excluded by beginning a pattern with a minus sign.
   By default, all files are matched except those whose names begin with a dot.
4. In the Replace With box, to the right of the Find box, type the string with which you want to replace the found text.
5. Click Replace.

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