# Working with job templates
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Job templates reduce the amount of time it takes to configure a job by providing pre-configured job settings. 

This chapter provides step-by-step instructions on how to work with MediaConvert templates. In addition creating a job from a template, you can create, modify, list, and delete templates.

Job templates apply to an entire transcoding job; output presets apply to a single output of a transcoding job. For more about output presets, see [Working with output presets](working-with-presets.md).

You can use a system job template with settings specified for you, or you can create a custom job template with your own settings. You can create a custom job template from scratch, starting with only the default settings. Or you can duplicate a system job template, adjust it to suit your workflow, and then save it as a custom job template.

**Topics**
+ [Creating a job from a template](using-a-job-template.md)
+ [Creating a template](creating-template-from-scratch.md)
+ [Modifying a template](modifying-job-templates.md)
+ [Listing templates](listing-job-templates.md)
+ [Deleting a template](deleting-a-job-template.md)