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GithubMove to New Folder
Move to New Folder is an Obsidian community plugin that moves a file or folder into a newly created folder without requiring you to type the full destination path.
What it does
- Adds
Move file to new folder...for notes - Adds
Move folder to new folder...in the file explorer for folders - Lets you choose a parent folder from a searchable picker
- Creates the new child folder and moves the target safely with Obsidian APIs
- Preserves Obsidian's normal link-update behavior when moving files
Preview
How to use it
File explorer
- Right-click a note or folder
- Choose
Move file to new folder...orMove folder to new folder... - Pick the parent folder
- Enter the new folder name
- Confirm the move
Command palette
- Open a note
- Run
Move file to new folder... - Complete the same modal flow
Folder moves are supported from the file explorer context menu.
Settings
- Default parent to current note folder: start the picker from the active note's parent instead of vault root
Platform support
- Designed for desktop and mobile
- Tested on Windows, Android, and Linux
- macOS and iOS have not been fully validated yet
Install with BRAT
This plugin is available via BRAT and GitHub releases before it is listed in Community Plugins.
- Install and enable the BRAT plugin in Obsidian
- In BRAT, choose to add a beta plugin from GitHub
- Enter
d0d1/obsidian-move-to-new-folder - Install Move to New Folder from BRAT
Install from GitHub release
If you prefer not to use BRAT, you can install the plugin from the latest GitHub release:
- Download
move-to-new-folder-<version>.zipfrom the latest release - Create the folder
.obsidian/plugins/move-to-new-folder/in your vault if it does not already exist - Extract the ZIP contents into that folder
- Enable Move to New Folder in Obsidian
Privacy and external services
- No telemetry
- No analytics
- No network access
- No account requirement
- No payments or subscriptions
- No external service dependencies at runtime