# Avoiding cloning messages

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/avoiding-cloning-messages/24808>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [14 April 2020 12:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/avoiding-cloning-messages/24808 "2020-04-14T12:35:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [14 April 2020 12:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/avoiding-cloning-messages/24808/2 "2020-04-14T12:42:08Z")

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You are right - to send a message without it being cloned, use `node.send(msg, false)`.

This _only_ stops it cloning the message to the first node it is wired to. If it is wired to multiple nodes, then the 2nd (and subsequent) nodes _will_ receive a clone of the message object.

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