How do I replace materials on multiple assets?

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I would like to replace a material on all assets in a particular level. Assets have multiple materials in them so I cannot just select all and drag new material on top. What is the most efficient ways to this?

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I just tried ‘replace references’ and this deletes old material which I definitely don’t want to. I only want to replace in one level.

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Doesn’t look like ‘replace references’ deleted old material, so it worked. But the tool prompts me that it will delete the old material, may need more explanation.

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Solution:
SHIFT + S to select all surfaces (or Right Click > Select > Select all Surfaces), and then apply the material you want.

You could also select the brushes you want, then press SHIFT + B to select all surfaces on those brushes, and then apply the material.

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Thank you,I can select all actor but I have many different material.How can I change all material in one time?

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This is the top result in 2023 in Google.

Surely Unreal 5 has a better way by now?

Also, it’s unclear if the OP is talking about replacing material references in all levels or just the opened level (I’m interested in the latter).

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One year later now and I am astonished that there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to replace all material references. I have a paint trim material assigned to multiple different parts of different objects in a arch viz project and I can’t find an easy way to replace all references with a material instance. Do the big studios just make custom tools for these basic operations?