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  • Published 20 Feb 2026

New Blender instance from File menu

Don't know if this a good idea but I found myself in a situation where I had to open lots of Blender instances. I found it boring that I always had to switch to Windows explorer to do it, so, I don't know, it's not much but maybe not such a bad QOL improvement. What do you guys think ?

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stfdln
20 Feb 2026

4 Comments

TheRedWaxPolice

The fastest way to launch an instance is to middle click the icon in the taskbar...

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juso3d

This!, same for Linux and Desktop Enviroments that allow it like KDE Plasma, or you can simply bind a shortcut key in Window Managers on linux etc.

I use this method as well, and while it does the job well, I agree with the author: Blender should provide a native operator for this.

juliushilker

I think it would be neat to have not just the option to open a new instance but also to open a file in a new instance or open a certain preset in a new instance.

So I propose something like this:

File --> NEW ****As new Instance --> All new File Entrys ****All new File Entrysd --> Open --> Open as new Instance --> Open Rescent **** As new Instance --> All Rescent File Entrys **** All Rescent File Entrys

Something like that