--- name: ReplicatedStorage last_updated: 2026-06-10T23:09:12Z inherits: - Instance - Object type: class memory_category: Instances tags: - NotCreatable - Service summary: "A container service for objects that are replicated to all clients." --- # Class: ReplicatedStorage > A container service for objects that are replicated to all clients. ## Description [ReplicatedStorage](/docs/reference/engine/classes/ReplicatedStorage.md) is a general container service for objects that are available to both the server and connected clients. It is ideal for [ModuleScript](/docs/reference/engine/classes/ModuleScript.md), [RemoteFunction](/docs/reference/engine/classes/RemoteFunction.md), [RemoteEvent](/docs/reference/engine/classes/RemoteEvent.md), and other objects that are useful to both server-side [Scripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Script.md) and client-side [LocalScripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/LocalScript.md). Objects parented to this service are fully replicated to clients, and normal replication rules apply. Any changes that are made on the client persist but aren't replicated to the server. Client changes may be overwritten if the server does something that overwrites those changes. Certain changes on the client, such as moving an object from the [Workspace](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Workspace.md) to [ReplicatedStorage](/docs/reference/engine/classes/ReplicatedStorage.md), can lead to desynchronization issues (for example, physics updates not being replicated to the object). [LocalScripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/LocalScript.md) do not run when parented to this service, even if they are [Enabled](/docs/reference/engine/classes/BaseScript.md); [LocalScripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/LocalScript.md) have various other locations where they eventually run on a [Player](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Player.md) client such as [StarterPlayerScripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/StarterPlayerScripts.md), [StarterCharacterScripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/StarterCharacterScripts.md), or [StarterGui](/docs/reference/engine/classes/StarterGui.md). Similarly, [Scripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Script.md) do not run when parented to this service unless you change their [RunContext](/docs/reference/engine/enums/RunContext.md) property from the default value of [Legacy](/docs/reference/engine/enums/RunContext.md). Server [Scripts](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Script.md) that run on their own should be parented to [ServerScriptService](/docs/reference/engine/classes/ServerScriptService.md) instead. If a [ModuleScript](/docs/reference/engine/classes/ModuleScript.md) within this service is required by any other script, it runs as normal. Such modules typically house code that is shared by the server and client. ## Inherited Members ### From [Instance](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Instance.md) - **Property `Archivable`** (`boolean`): Determines if an Instance and its descendants can be cloned using - **Property `archivable`** (`boolean`): *(deprecated, hidden)* - **Property `Capabilities`** (`SecurityCapabilities`): The set of capabilities allowed to be used for scripts inside this - **Property `Name`** (`string`): A non-unique identifier of the Instance. - **Property `Parent`** (`Instance`): Determines the hierarchical parent of the Instance. - **Property `PredictionMode`** (`PredictionMode`): - **Property `RobloxLocked`** (`boolean`): A deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects. *(hidden)* - **Property `Sandboxed`** (`boolean`): When enabled, the instance can only access abilities in its `Capabilities` - **Property `UniqueId`** (`UniqueId`): A unique identifier for the instance. - **Method `AddTag(tag: string): ()`**: Applies a tag to the instance. - **Method `children(): Instances`**: Returns an array of the object's children. *(deprecated)* - **Method `ClearAllChildren(): ()`**: This method destroys all of an instance's children. - **Method `Clone(): Instance`**: Create a copy of an instance and all its descendants, ignoring instances - **Method `clone(): Instance`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `Destroy(): ()`**: Sets the Instance.Parent property to `nil`, locks the - **Method `destroy(): ()`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `FindFirstAncestor(name: string): Instance?`**: Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose - **Method `FindFirstAncestorOfClass(className: string): Instance?`**: Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose - **Method `FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA(className: string): Instance?`**: Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom - **Method `FindFirstChild(name: string, recursive?: boolean): Instance?`**: Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name. - **Method `findFirstChild(name: string, recursive?: boolean): Instance`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `FindFirstChildOfClass(className: string): Instance?`**: Returns the first child of the Instance whose - **Method `FindFirstChildWhichIsA(className: string, recursive?: boolean): Instance?`**: Returns the first child of the Instance for whom - **Method `FindFirstDescendant(name: string): Instance?`**: Returns the first descendant found with the given Instance.Name. - **Method `GetActor(): Actor?`**: Returns the Actor associated with the Instance, if any. - **Method `GetAttribute(attribute: string): Variant`**: Returns the value which has been assigned to the given attribute name. - **Method `GetAttributeChangedSignal(attribute: string): RBXScriptSignal`**: Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes. - **Method `GetAttributes(): Dictionary`**: Returns a dictionary of the instance's attributes. - **Method `GetChildren(): Instances`**: Returns an array containing all of the instance's children. - **Method `getChildren(): Instances`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `GetDebugId(scopeLength?: int): string`**: Returns a coded string of the debug ID used internally by Roblox. - **Method `GetDescendants(): Instances`**: Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance. - **Method `GetFullName(): string`**: Returns a string describing the instance's ancestry. - **Method `GetStyled(name: string, selector: string?): Variant`**: Returns the styled or explicitly modified value of the specified property, - **Method `GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal(property: string): RBXScriptSignal`**: - **Method `GetTags(): Array`**: Gets an array of all tags applied to the instance. - **Method `HasTag(tag: string): boolean`**: Check whether the instance has a given tag. - **Method `IsAncestorOf(descendant: Instance): boolean`**: Returns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given - **Method `IsDescendantOf(ancestor: Instance): boolean`**: Returns `true` if an Instance is a descendant of the given - **Method `isDescendantOf(ancestor: Instance): boolean`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `IsPropertyModified(property: string): boolean`**: Returns `true` if the value stored in the specified property is not equal - **Method `QueryDescendants(selector: string): Instances`**: - **Method `Remove(): ()`**: Sets the object's `Parent` to `nil`, and does the same for all its *(deprecated)* - **Method `remove(): ()`**: *(deprecated)* - **Method `RemoveTag(tag: string): ()`**: Removes a tag from the instance. - **Method `ResetPropertyToDefault(property: string): ()`**: Resets a property to its default value. - **Method `SetAttribute(attribute: string, value: Variant): ()`**: Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value. - **Method `WaitForChild(childName: string, timeOut: double): Instance`**: Returns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the - **Event `AncestryChanged`**: Fires when the Instance.Parent property of this object or one of - **Event `AttributeChanged`**: Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance. - **Event `ChildAdded`**: Fires after an object is parented to this Instance. - **Event `childAdded`**: *(deprecated)* - **Event `ChildRemoved`**: Fires after a child is removed from this Instance. - **Event `DescendantAdded`**: Fires after a descendant is added to the Instance. - **Event `DescendantRemoving`**: Fires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed. - **Event `Destroying`**: Fires immediately before (or is deferred until after) the instance is - **Event `StyledPropertiesChanged`**: Fires whenever any style property is changed on the instance, including ### From [Object](/docs/reference/engine/classes/Object.md) - **Property `ClassName`** (`string`): A read-only string representing the class this Object belongs to. - **Property `className`** (`string`): *(deprecated)* - **Method `GetPropertyChangedSignal(property: string): RBXScriptSignal`**: Get an event that fires when a given property of the object changes. - **Method `IsA(className: string): boolean`**: Returns true if an object's class matches or inherits from a given class. - **Method `isA(className: string): boolean`**: *(deprecated)* - **Event `Changed`**: Fires immediately after a property of the object changes, with some