You can move projects and folders in your Drive view. Keep in mind that folders cannot be moved to a drive's Private workspace.
Users with different Drive membership types will have different options available to them when moving projects and folders:
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Drive owners and Editor members—can move projects and folders both in and out of:
- Folders on their Drive
- Drive and private workspaces
- Other Drives that they have access to
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Basic members—can move projects and folders both in and out of:
- Folders on their Drive
- Drive and private workspaces
How to move a project or file from the Drive view
- Right-click on the project, or click
to the far left of the project's name. - Select Move to... from the menu.
- Choose the new destination.
- Click Move.
Moving a project from the project editor
If you are working in an open project and need to move it to a new location:
- Select the 'D'
icon in the top left corner of the window
- Choose File > Move…
How to move multiple projects at once
You can select and move multiple projects in bulk from your Drive and Private workspaces.
- Click the checkbox next to a project's name. To select a range of consecutive projects, click the checkbox for the first project in the range, hold
Shift
, and click the last project's checkbox. - Right-click on any of the selected projects.
- Select Move to... from the menu.
- Choose the new destination.
- Click Move.
Considerations for teams
Moving a project to a different drive, workspace, or folder may affect another team member's ability to access that project:
- If you move a project to your Private workspace, other drive members will not be able to access or see it.
- Basic members can only move projects they created or own on the drive. Learn more about drive members
Check out our article on managing drives, teams, and project permissions for more details.