How do I change multiple assets at one time?

So I bought a template and I was substituting the assets. I changed a sprite and its animations. I wanted to clone that sprite to substitute other identical sprites (but with different names) without having to change all the frames and animations every time for each one. If I cancel those sprites on the project panel, all the events and actions associated are also canceled. If I cancel the sprites on the layout, I can't change the names.