# How to use LORA's in Automatic1111

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How to use LORA's in Automatic1111
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To use LORA's you need to:

**1. Upload your LORA safetensors file**

* Use the following folder: *../user\_data/a1111/models/Lora/*

**2. Click on the** 🚨**show/hide extra networks icon** when uploaded.

* Head over to the LORA tab and you'll see your LORA file.
* **⚡️Protip:** If for some reason it does not show then **simply click refresh** and your LORA file will appear

**3. To use your LORA**, you simply need to:

* Enter your prompts
* And click on the LORA file and it will add the correct syntax to your prompt as shown below

{% hint style="info" %}
**💡 What does the colon syntax mean? eg. " :1 "**\
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The :1 at the end of the angled brackets is the weighting of how much of the LORA is applied, so you can change this to 0.5 as an example to weight it less
{% endhint %}

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Check out out tutorial on creating amazing art with LoRA Models [here](https://learn.thinkdiffusion.com/how-to-use-loras/).<br>


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