diff --git a/Sources/OvEditor/include/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.h b/Sources/OvEditor/include/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.h
index 5d43ef7e..d7f8819e 100644
--- a/Sources/OvEditor/include/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.h
+++ b/Sources/OvEditor/include/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.h
@@ -222,9 +222,16 @@ namespace OvEditor::Core
 		* Duplicate an actor
 		* @param p_toDuplicate
 		* @param p_forcedParent
-		* @param bool
-		*/
-		void DuplicateActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor& p_toDuplicate, OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_forcedParent = nullptr, bool p_focus = true);
+		* @param p_focus
+		* @param p_keepSourceParentIfNoForcedParent
+		*/
+		void DuplicateActor
+		(
+			OvCore::ECS::Actor& p_toDuplicate,
+			OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_forcedParent = nullptr,
+			bool p_focus = true,
+			bool p_keepSourceParentIfNoForcedParent = true
+		);
 		#pragma endregion
 
 		#pragma region ACTOR_MANIPULATION
@@ -235,7 +242,8 @@ namespace OvEditor::Core
 		void CopyActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor& p_actor);
 
 		/**
-		* Paste the copied actor next to the given actor (same parent), or at root if null
+		* Paste the copied actor next to the given actor (same parent), or at root if null.
+		* If the target actor is at root, the pasted actor is also pasted at root.
 		* @param p_parent
 		*/
 		void PasteActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_parent = nullptr);
diff --git a/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.cpp b/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.cpp
index 8d2a725d..c9507762 100644
--- a/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.cpp
+++ b/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Core/EditorActions.cpp
@@ -840,7 +840,13 @@ std::string FindDuplicatedActorUniqueName(OvCore::ECS::Actor& p_duplicated, OvCo
     return OvTools::Utils::String::GenerateUnique(p_duplicated.GetName(), availabilityChecker);
 }
 
-void OvEditor::Core::EditorActions::DuplicateActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor & p_toDuplicate, OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_forcedParent, bool p_focus)
+void OvEditor::Core::EditorActions::DuplicateActor
+(
+	OvCore::ECS::Actor& p_toDuplicate,
+	OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_forcedParent,
+	bool p_focus,
+	bool p_keepSourceParentIfNoForcedParent
+)
 {
 	tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
 	tinyxml2::XMLNode* actorsRoot = doc.NewElement("actors");
@@ -859,7 +865,7 @@ void OvEditor::Core::EditorActions::DuplicateActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor & p_toDupl
 	{
 		newActor.SetParent(*p_forcedParent);
 	}
-	else if (newActor.GetParentID() > 0)
+	else if (p_keepSourceParentIfNoForcedParent && newActor.GetParentID() > 0)
 	{
 		if (auto found = currentScene->FindActorByID(newActor.GetParentID()); found)
 		{
@@ -914,7 +920,7 @@ void OvEditor::Core::EditorActions::PasteActor(OvCore::ECS::Actor* p_parent)
 			destinationParent = destinationParent->GetParent();
 		}
 
-		DuplicateActor(*copiedActor, destinationParent, true);
+		DuplicateActor(*copiedActor, destinationParent, true, false);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Panels/Hierarchy.cpp b/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Panels/Hierarchy.cpp
index b76fb75d..15642698 100644
--- a/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Panels/Hierarchy.cpp
+++ b/Sources/OvEditor/src/OvEditor/Panels/Hierarchy.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class ActorContextualMenu : public OvUI::Plugins::ContextualMenu
 			auto& duplicateButton = CreateWidget<OvUI::Widgets::Menu::MenuItem>("Duplicate");
 			duplicateButton.ClickedEvent += [this]
 			{
-				EDITOR_EXEC(DelayAction(EDITOR_BIND(DuplicateActor, std::ref(*m_target), nullptr, true), 0));
+				EDITOR_EXEC(DelayAction(EDITOR_BIND(DuplicateActor, std::ref(*m_target), nullptr, true, true), 0));
 			};
 
 			auto& pasteButton = CreateWidget<OvUI::Widgets::Menu::MenuItem>("Paste");