message: move

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Move a message to another folder within the specified user's mailbox. This creates a new copy of the message in the destination folder and removes the original message.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Mail.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Mail.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	Mail.ReadWrite	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /me/messages/{id}/move
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/messages/{id}/move
POST /me/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/move
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/mailFolders/{id}/messages/{id}/move

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
destinationId	String	The destination folder ID, or a well-known folder name. For a list of supported well-known folder names, see mailFolder resource type.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a message resource in the response body.

Example

Here is an example of how to call this API.

Request

The following request moves the specified message to the Deleted Items folder, identified by its well-known folder name deleteditems.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/messages/AAMkADhAAATs28OAAA=/move
Content-type: application/json

{
  "destinationId": "deleteditems"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Me.Messages.Item.Move;

var requestBody = new MovePostRequestBody
{
	DestinationId = "deleteditems",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.Messages["{message-id}"].Move.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users messages move post --user-id {user-id} --message-id {message-id} --body '{\
  "destinationId": "deleteditems"\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewItemMovePostRequestBody()
destinationId := "deleteditems"
requestBody.SetDestinationId(&destinationId) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
move, err := graphClient.Me().Messages().ByMessageId("message-id").Move().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.item.messages.item.move.MovePostRequestBody movePostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.users.item.messages.item.move.MovePostRequestBody();
movePostRequestBody.setDestinationId("deleteditems");
var result = graphClient.me().messages().byMessageId("{message-id}").move().post(movePostRequestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const message = {
  destinationId: 'deleteditems'
};

await client.api('/me/messages/AAMkADhAAATs28OAAA=/move')
	.post(message);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\Messages\Item\Move\MovePostRequestBody;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new MovePostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setDestinationId('deleteditems');

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->messages()->byMessageId('message-id')->move()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	destinationId = "deleteditems"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Move-MgUserMessage -UserId $userId -MessageId $messageId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.messages.item.move.move_post_request_body import MovePostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = MovePostRequestBody(
	destination_id = "deleteditems",
)

result = await graph_client.me.messages.by_message_id('message-id').move.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#message",
    "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.message",
    "@odata.etag":"W/\"FwAAABYAAAC4ofQHEIqCSbQPot83AFcbAAAW/0tB\"",
    "id":"AAMkADhAAAW-VPeAAA=",
    "createdDateTime":"2018-08-12T08:43:22Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime":"2018-08-15T19:47:54Z",
    "changeKey":"FwAAABYAAAC4ofQHEIqCSbQPot83AFcbAAAW/0tB",
    "categories":[

    ],
    "receivedDateTime":"2018-08-12T08:43:22Z",
    "sentDateTime":"2018-08-12T08:43:20Z",
    "hasAttachments":false,
    "internetMessageId":"<00535324-5988-4b6a-b9af-d44cf2d0b691@MWHPR2201MB1022.namprd22.prod.outlook.com>",
    "subject":"Undeliverable: Meet for lunch?",
    "bodyPreview":"Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:\r\n\r\nfannyd@contoso.com (fannyd@contoso.com)\r\nYour message couldn't be delivered. Despite repeated attempts to deliver your message, querying the Domain Name System (DNS) for the rec",
    "importance":"normal",
    "parentFolderId":"AAMkADhAAAAAAEKAAA=",
    "conversationId":"AAQkADhJzfbkARFhe5kKhjihSA=",
    "isDeliveryReceiptRequested":null,
    "isReadReceiptRequested":false,
    "isRead":false,
    "isDraft":false,
    "webLink":"https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?ItemID=AAMkADhAAAW%2FVPeAAA%3D&exvsurl=1&viewmodel=ReadMessageItem",
    "inferenceClassification":"focused",
    "body":{
        "contentType":"html",
        "content":"<html></html>"
    },
    "sender":{
        "emailAddress":{
            "name":"Microsoft Outlook",
            "address":"MicrosoftExchange329e71ec88ae4615bbc36ab6ce41109e@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "from":{
        "emailAddress":{
            "name":"Microsoft Outlook",
            "address":"MicrosoftExchange329e71ec88ae4615bbc36ab6ce41109e@contoso.com"
        }
    },
    "toRecipients":[
        {
            "emailAddress":{
                "name":"fannyd@contoso.com",
                "address":"fannyd@contoso.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "emailAddress":{
                "name":"danas@contoso.com",
                "address":"danas@contoso.com"
            }
        }
    ],
    "ccRecipients":[

    ],
    "bccRecipients":[

    ],
    "replyTo":[

    ],
    "flag":{
        "flagStatus":"notFlagged"
    }
}