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# How to Auto-Complete a Step if Previously Completed

# How to Auto-Complete a Step if Previously Completed

**In this article:**
* Overview
* Turn on auto-complete
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
This setting saves learners from repeating content they've already done. When it's on, SuperPath automatically marks the step complete for a learner who has already completed that same content elsewhere — for example the same course sitting in another Pathway — so they don't have to work through it again.

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## Turn on auto-complete
1. Open your Pathway in the builder and hover over the step in the left steps panel.
2. Click the **cog** icon to open the step's settings panel.
3. Find the **Auto-complete if previous step is completed** toggle and switch it on.

Your change saves automatically. The setting's help text describes the behaviour: *"If set to true, this learning step will be automatically marked as completed if the assigned user has already completed this content."*

## Things to keep in mind
* This toggle appears for content-type steps. It isn't shown for sections or Text steps, or when a Form step is set to be completed by an assessor.
* Auto-completion is based on the same underlying content having been completed by that learner — it's about the content, not simply the step immediately above it in the list.
* Changing a step's settings returns a published Pathway to a draft (unpublished) state, so publish again once you're done.

## FAQs
**When does the step complete automatically?**
When the assigned learner has already completed the same content, the step is marked complete for them without them opening it again.

**Does this affect learners who haven't done the content before?**
No. They complete the step in the normal way.

**Is this the same as a prerequisite?**
No. A prerequisite gates a step behind another step; auto-complete marks a step as done because the learner has already completed its content.

## Who can do this
**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can change this setting. **People Managers**, **Employees**, **Members**, **Volunteers** and **Restricted** users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot.