Move files between workspaces

You can move files and folders from your personal space into a team workspace, back to your personal space, or from one workspace to another. You do it from the same Move to dialog as any move.

#Move items to another workspace

1. Select the files or folders, right-click them and choose Move to.

   Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + M (Cmd + Option + M on a Mac). The dialog shows where the items are now, under Currently saved in:.

2. At the bottom of the dialog, click the workspace selector and choose the destination workspace.

   The list shows your personal space and each team workspace with its number of members, for example 3 members. The dialog then shows the folders of that workspace, from its top level, and your Drive switches to that workspace too.

   

3. Open the destination folder.

4. Click Move here.

   

If an item with the same name is already in the destination folder, a number is added to the moved item's name.

To keep the originals where they are, use Make a copy instead, choose the workspace and the folder the same way, then click Copy here. Copying needs the right to download the items.

#Before you move

• You must be a member of the destination workspace.

• You need edit rights on the items you move and on the destination folder.

• Computer backups are read-only on the web: their folders can't be moved, and nothing can be moved into them.

• Files in your Vault are kept apart from your Drive and are not moved this way. See Add, open and manage files in your Vault.

#What changes after the move

• The items, and everything inside a moved folder, now belong to the destination workspace.

• Members of the destination workspace get access according to their role. See Workspace roles and permissions.

• Members of the old workspace lose the access they had through that workspace.

• People you shared the items with directly keep their access, and share links keep working. See What happens to a share when you move, rename or delete the item.

#If it doesn't work

#Next steps

• Create, rename, move and copy files and folders

• Manage files in a workspace and restrict access

• Your personal space and workspaces