How can move a document folder from one document library into another?

Is it possible to move a folder containing files from Document library A into document library B or do I have to manually download all interior files and importing into the new document library? If this is possible via powershell or sharepoint please provide guidance/commands or screenshots if possible. Thank you!

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Avinash Mamidi 95 Reputation points 2023-01-19T04:17:29.02+00:00

You can use Power Automate to complete this task. Please find the below URL for quick reference. [https://www.spguides.com/power-automate-copy-files/

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  1. In the Choose a destination pane, select the new location where you want the folder to go, and then select Move here:

More information for reference: Move or copy files in SharePoint

Hope it can help you. Thanks for your understanding.

Please try to use the following PowerShell code to move a folder from Document library to another document library:

 Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $url = "http://xxx/sites/SP2019/" $web = Get-SPWeb $url $list = $web.Lists["test_Library"] foreach($folder in $list.Folders) < if($folder.Name -eq "aaa") < $query = New-Object -Type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery' $query.Folder = $folder.Folder $folderItems = $list.GetItems($query) foreach($item in $folderItems) < $file = $web.GetFile($item.Url) $targetPath = "library2/aaa/" + $file.Name $file.MoveTo($targetPath) >> >

My test result:(Move the folder aaa in the test_library to Library2 , where the aaa folder contains a document)

(Note: You need to create an empty folder in the target library beforehand)

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