Moving items in SharePoint

Question

I copy and pasted an entire folder of 200 plus files from documents on SharePoint to pages on SharePoint, and I cannot move them back to documents. It will not let me click, drag, save, copy, move, or do anything.

Any assistance would be extremely helpful.

Answer 1

Hello Dan_251,

The modern site pages do not allow you to copy or move files or folders to another directory on the GUI based on the attributes of the page sites. If you need to move files or folders from the directory, you need to use PowerShell.

Please connect to PowerShell SPO, then connect to PnPOnline.

The following cmdlets would help to copy the files.

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

Update-Module -Name Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell

Connect-SPOService -Url https://*******-admin.sharepoint.com

Install-Module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline

Update-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell*

Connect-PnPOnline

Copy-PnPFile -SourceUrl "/sites/allcompany/SitePages/Folder Name" -TargetUrl "/sites/allcompany/Folder name" -Overwrite

Then you can delete the wrongly copied folder from the page sites.

Thank you.

Answer 2

Hi Dan_251,

Glad to hear back from you and thank you for the information.

Apologies for the inconvenience, currently move function and download is not available in modern site page library Save, download, and upload a SharePoint site as a template | Microsoft Docs. What I can suggest is you can try to use SharePoint Designer and try to use it to download the folder from your site pages library.

I would suggest you to please raise a support ticket Get support - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Docs, our support engineer can guide and assist you for the prerequisites to connect to your side in SharePoint designer.

Your kind understanding is highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Zee | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 3

Hey Zee,

Thank you for the response; unfortunately, this does not help me. When I try to move the folder this is all that I see.

Also, when I tried to save each file individually (locally), it will not let me save anything from PowerPoint or excel. When I try to copy the folder the only option is to copy it right back into the same folder.

Thanks!

Answer 4

Dear Dan_251,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

Based on the description, you want to move back the folder to Documents but you cannot do anything. Apologies for the inconvenience caused to you by this behavior. Before moving forward, we need more detailed information about the situation you are experiencing.

You mentioned the folder came from Documents, is it Documents in your Computer or SharePoint Online Documents which is the library?

Basically we can drag and drop from local Documents to SharePoint Online Document library page and the files will be uploaded into SharePoint Online Document library.

If you're pertaining to local Documents in your Computer, you can download the folder or the files.

If it is SharePoint Online Document library and you want to move the folder or files, kindly put a check on the left side of the folder/files or click the vertical ellipses button and select Move to and select the location you want to Move the folder or files.

Besides, if the functions are not working, probably the upload is not yet done. Kindly check if the upload is done in the SharePoint Online Document library > upper right side of Document library beside All Documents or Details (circle with i).

If the scenario doesn't suit to your concern, please feel free to post back, we will do our best to assist you.

We look forward to your response. Thanks for your cooperation. Stay safe and healthy always.

Sincerely,

Zee | Microsoft Community Moderator