# How Does Lists Work?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** lists, help\
**Created:** [July 16, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797 "2026-07-16T16:14:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mazenfathi12233368fb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mazenfathi12233368fb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mazenfathi12233368fb)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797/1 "2026-07-16T16:14:16Z")

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## ![How Does "Make A List" Work?](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/1/f16b91235acd9727470a602ab5871eb5a9655ac9.png)

If I Have A Variable… It’s A Text Variable, And I Wanna Remove Something From It And Put Something Else Instead, And There’s Other Variables That Takes A Data Inside Of it, So I Wanna Make Sure To Update The Variable Itself.

I Wanna Know How The ‘Make A List’ Block Work? Does It Save The Data Inside The Variable itself Or Take A Copy Of It Then Make It A List? As there’s No Output To Connect to a set variable block

![A Zoomed](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/b/3be7c469f6d5e8aff95e1c0ff429f98a19998c13.png)

So I Wanna Know What Happens After That Action

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**Author:** ![mazenfathi12233368fb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mazenfathi12233368fb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mazenfathi12233368fb)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797/2 "2026-07-18T14:03:08Z")

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Can I Get An Answer For That? @tatiang @sketch

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**Author:** ![mazenfathi12233368fb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mazenfathi12233368fb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mazenfathi12233368fb)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797/3 "2026-07-20T08:58:51Z")

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Huh?..

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**Author:** ![brianl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brianl](https://community.thunkable.com/u/brianl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797/4 "2026-07-20T19:32:24Z")

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@mazenfathi12233368fb  
What is inside your app variable ‘Text Variable’? What are you trying to take out and put in?

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**Author:** ![mazenfathi12233368fb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mazenfathi12233368fb](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mazenfathi12233368fb)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-does-lists-work/4108797/5 "2026-07-25T07:41:55Z")

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Thank You! But I Have Already Got The Answer And The Solution From Somewhere else.