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title: How to move/Copy files from one folder to another on Cpanel
description: Once in a while, you may need to move/copy your website files from one folder to another. This guide will illustrate how this can be achieved. Assuming you want to move files from FOLDERA of domainA/subdomainA to FOLDERB of domainB/subdomainB.…
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-move-copy-files-from-one-folder-to-another-on-cpanel/"
updated: "2024-06-07"
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# How to move/Copy files from one folder to another on Cpanel

Once in a while, you may need to move/copy your website files from one folder to another. This guide will illustrate how this can be achieved.

Assuming you want to move files from FOLDERA of domainA/subdomainA to FOLDERB of domainB/subdomainB.

Access your Cpanel homepage, and search for domains;

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-23-1024x339.png)

The main goal of accessing the domains page is to get to the root folder of FOLDERA

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-24-1024x297.png)

Under Document Root, click on FOLDERA. This opens up the file manager, under the root folder; FOLDERA

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-25-1024x385.png)

Click on select All, to select all the files, and click on Move/copy. These are the files to be moved/copied.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/image-26.png)

On the <Enter file path that you want to move/copy this file to> , enter the path to FOLDERB, and click on <Move/copy Files>. The selected files will be moved/copied from FOLDERA to FOLDERB.

Navigate to FOLDERB to confirm if the files have been copied/moved.

FAQs

*What is the difference between moving files and copying*files?

ANS: Copying files say from folderA to folderB, leaves a copy of the files on folderA while moving files leaves folderA empty

*Can Files moved to another folder be recovered/moved back*?

Files moved to another folder are not lost. These files can be moved back to the original folder. Refer to the procedure above.

*Will I lose the files if I delete the files left on folderA after copying the files to folderB*?

Once the files are copied from folderA to folderB, deleting files on folderA does not delete those in folderB.