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title: "rclone move"
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description: "Move files from source to dest."
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slug: rclone_move
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url: /commands/rclone_move/
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/move/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone move
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Move files from source to dest.
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## Synopsis
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Moves the contents of the source directory to the destination
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directory. Rclone will error if the source and destination overlap and
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the remote does not support a server-side directory move operation.
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If no filters are in use and if possible this will server-side move
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`source:path` into `dest:path`. After this `source:path` will no
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longer exist.
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Otherwise for each file in `source:path` selected by the filters (if
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any) this will move it into `dest:path`. If possible a server-side
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move will be used, otherwise it will copy it (server-side if possible)
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into `dest:path` then delete the original (if no errors on copy) in
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`source:path`.
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If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empty-src-dirs flag.
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See the [--no-traverse](/docs/#no-traverse) option for controlling
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whether rclone lists the destination directory or not. Supplying this
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option when moving a small number of files into a large destination
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can speed transfers up greatly.
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**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
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`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i` flag.
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**Note**: Use the `-P`/`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
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```
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rclone move source:path dest:path [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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--create-empty-src-dirs Create empty source dirs on destination after move
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--delete-empty-src-dirs Delete empty source dirs after move
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-h, --help help for move
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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## SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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