rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_move.md
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date: 2020-02-10T12:28:36Z
title: "rclone move"
slug: rclone_move
url: /commands/rclone_move/
# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/move/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
---
## rclone move
Move files from source to dest.
### Synopsis
Moves the contents of the source directory to the destination
directory. Rclone will error if the source and destination overlap and
the remote does not support a server side directory move operation.
If no filters are in use and if possible this will server side move
`source:path` into `dest:path`. After this `source:path` will no
longer longer exist.
Otherwise for each file in `source:path` selected by the filters (if
any) this will move it into `dest:path`. If possible a server side
move will be used, otherwise it will copy it (server side if possible)
into `dest:path` then delete the original (if no errors on copy) in
`source:path`.
If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empty-src-dirs flag.
See the [--no-traverse](/docs/#no-traverse) option for controlling
whether rclone lists the destination directory or not. Supplying this
option when moving a small number of files into a large destination
can speed transfers up greatly.
**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
--dry-run flag.
**Note**: Use the `-P`/`--progress` flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
```
rclone move source:path dest:path [flags]
```
### Options
```
--create-empty-src-dirs Create empty source dirs on destination after move
--delete-empty-src-dirs Delete empty source dirs after move
-h, --help help for move
```
See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
### SEE ALSO
* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.