Losing a sheet of paper costs nothing while the shipment record survives. Reprints exist precisely because the label is a document, not the purchase itself.
The reprint, step by step
- Sign in at fedex.com and open FedEx Ship ManagerReprints hang off the shipment record, so you need the login that created the label. A shipment made under someone else's account has to be reprinted by them.
- Open the Ship History tabEvery label the account has produced is listed there with its date, recipient and tracking number. Find the shipment whose paper went missing.
- Select the shipment, then select ReprintThe file comes back exactly as first generated — same tracking number, same paid service — ready for any printer. Print it at full size and check the barcode edges survived.
- Recover the email copy when history is not an optionLabels created through guest shipping or sent by email live in the message itself. FedEx notes that emailed labels are typically printable for up to two years, so the original message is often the fastest reprint there is (fedex.com, read 2026-08-09).
One clock is easy to mix up. The two-year figure belongs to the emailed, never-yet-printed label; FedEx puts it differently for paper, saying that once printed “you usually have two weeks to use it before it expires.” The shelf life of the label and the refund window for an unused one are separate questions — our guide to label expiration keeps them apart.
What a reprint can and cannot fix
Lost or damaged paper
The clean case. Print again, apply to the same box, hand it over. Nothing about the shipment changed, so nothing about the record needs to.
Wrong details on the label
A reprint reproduces the error at full fidelity. Void the shipment from the history screen before pickup and build a fresh label instead — the steps are in our voiding guide.
A second package
Both prints share one tracking number and one paid weight, so the duplicate box rides a barcode the network has already consumed. Carriers treat deliberate reuse as fraud and bill accordingly. Always buy the second label.
Sellers on a deadline sometimes tape the duplicate on anyway and hope. The first scan wins the tracking number, the second box becomes invisible to the recipient, and the eventual audit charges the account that printed it. Two minutes of voiding beats all of that.
Reprinting when the label came from somewhere else
Plenty of FedEx labels are never made on fedex.com. Where you bought it decides where the copy lives.
Marketplace labels
eBay, Etsy and similar platforms keep the file attached to the order page, and downloading it again is the reprint. Our eBay label guide shows where each platform hides it.
Return labels from a retailer
The merchant controls the shipment record, not you. Re-open the returns email or portal for a fresh copy, or ask support to resend it — the barcode stays the same either way.
Labels bought through SMKlog
Your label page stays live after checkout, and the link in the receipt lands back on it, so a fresh print from a laptop or a phone takes seconds for as long as the box is still yours to ship.
FedEx reprint questions
How do I reprint a shipping label on fedex.com?
Open the Ship History tab in FedEx Ship Manager, pick the shipment, and choose Reprint. That is the path FedEx itself publishes, read on fedex.com 2026-08-09. The reprint carries the same tracking barcode as the original.
How long does an emailed FedEx label stay printable?
FedEx states that emailed labels are typically printable for up to two years, while a label that has been printed usually has about two weeks to be used, read 2026-08-09. Keeping the email is the cheap way to keep the reprint option open.
Can I put a reprinted label on a second box?
Never. Reprinting duplicates the sheet, not the shipment - both prints carry one tracking number and one paid weight. A second box under the same barcode travels unscannable at best and triggers corrective billing at worst. Buy a second label.
What if the address or weight on the label is wrong?
A reprint reproduces the mistake, so stop and cancel instead. Void the shipment from the same history screen before it is picked up, then create a fresh label with the corrected details.
Source
- FedEx, How To Print, Manage and Create a Shipping Label — the Ship History reprint steps, the two-year figure for emailed labels and the two-week note for printed ones. Read 2026-08-09.
FedEx revises its tools and help pages without notice, so the screens can drift from the wording above. The statements here are what fedex.com published on the date shown.