# What's the difference between join and boolean merge
**URL:** https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-join-and-boolean-merge/15461
**Category:** Tips, Tutorials and Help
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-join-and-boolean-merge/15461 "2024-04-25T15:18:01Z")
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### Author:  [@ViZeath](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/ViZeath)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-join-and-boolean-merge/15461/1 "2024-04-25T15:18:01Z")
I guess when you press “join”, you can still separate the object later, but with boolean merge it becomes 1 object permanently?
Do these 2 options do the same exact thing if I don’t wish to separate the object again?
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### Author:  [@Holger\_Schoenischka](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Holger_Schoenischka)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-join-and-boolean-merge/15461/2 "2024-04-25T15:29:53Z")
Yes, join collects all selected objects into one object, the meshes are not remeshed to one mesh.
If you don’t want to separate anything then use boolean or voxel remesh.
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### Author:  [@ViZeath](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/ViZeath)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-join-and-boolean-merge/15461/3 "2024-04-26T12:50:15Z")
Thank you for explaining.