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How do I move files from one folder to another?

How do I move files from one folder to another?

This refers to Moodle 4.5 from August 2025 onwards

 

NOTE: You can NOT use the drag and drop method to move files between folders. It is necessary to download the content you wish to move before uploading to a new/recipient folder.

NOTE: Files can be downloaded individually, or the entire contents of a folder can be downloaded as a .zip.

  1. Begin by navigating to the original/donor folder.

    The Folder icon


    Click to open

    1. Download individual files by clicking on the relevant filename.

    2. Download the entire folder contents by clicking 'Download folder'.

      Option to click separately on each file or click the download folder option.

 

In both cases, either the file or the .zip will be sent to the downloads folder of the computer.

2. Navigate to the module that contains the new/recipient folder and turn on the 'Edit mode' toggle switch at the top right of the screen.

3. Scroll down to the new folder (or if needed, create a new folder), click the three vertical dots and click 'Edit Settings'.

Select three vertical dots and then edit settings from the drop down menu.

4. Scroll down to the "Content" tab of the Edit page, where there is a dialog box you can use to upload files.

To add an individual file

  1. Drag and drop the file into the dialog box, or click 'Add' files and use the File Picker.


    Option to add files or drag and drop into folder.

 

2. When you have added your files click on the 'Save and return to module' button at the bottom of the page.

3. Click on the 'Turn editing off' button on your main Moodle page

 You will now be able to see your uploaded folders in your folder

To add the entire folder contents from a downloaded .zip file

  1. Navigate to the module that contains the new/recipient folder and turn on the 'Edit mode' toggle switch at the top right of the screen.

  2. Scroll down to the new folder (or if needed, create a new folder), click the three vertical dots and click 'Edit Settings'.

    The edit settings option from the vertical dots drop down menu.

3.  Scroll down to the "Content" tab of the Edit page, where there is a dialog box you can use to upload files. Click 'Add' files

the add file option in the content tab


 4. Find the .zip file you want to add and double-click to add it to 'File picker'

Selecting a file using the file picker.


5. Click 'Upload this file'

Choose the file to upload and select the button 'upload this file'.

6. Double-click on the uploaded zip folder in the content files window

The content window showing the zip folder.

7. In the pop up window select 'Unzip'.

select the unzip button.

8. Once extracted, the files will appear in the designated folder, along with the original zip file. Just click on the original zip file to delete if you just wish to keep the extracted files.

deleting the zip folder in the content screen.

9. Click 'Save and return to module' and click on the 'Edit mode' toggle switch to the top right of the page to turn editing off. 

The migrated files will now appear in the new/recipient folder.

The recipient folder showing the files extracted from the zip file.