Move 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

1. Right-click a note or folder
2. Choose Move file to new folder... or Move folder to new folder...
3. Pick the parent folder
4. Enter the new folder name
5. Confirm the move

Command palette

1. Open a note
2. Run Move file to new folder...
3. 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.

1. Install and enable the BRAT plugin in Obsidian
2. In BRAT, choose to add a beta plugin from GitHub
3. Enter d0d1/obsidian-move-to-new-folder
4. 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:

1. Download move-to-new-folder-<version>.zip from the latest release
2. Create the folder .obsidian/plugins/move-to-new-folder/ in your vault if it does not already exist
3. Extract the ZIP contents into that folder
4. 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

Docs

• Use cases
• FAQ