How to move file in Google drive from folder A to folder B

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I want to move the file in “Google Drive” from Folder A to Folder B and got the same file ID.
how to do it
Thank you

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Haven’t tried but looks like you can do it by using the update file operation and changing the parent ID

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@pemontto is right, you have to update the parent ID like this

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You have to set the parent ID to the folder ID that you can grab from the google drive UI

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Hey!

I just tried to move files to Google Drive, but somehow I get an error message. I checked everything and it seems to be correct, yet it doesn’t work. It seems that it is trying to add a parent instead of replacing the existing one or am I missing something? Hope someone can help :slight_smile:

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This is the Error:
{

“message”: “403 - {“error”:{“errors”:[{“domain”:“global”,“reason”:“teamDrivesParentLimit”,“message”:“A shared drive item must have exactly one parent.”}],“code”:403,“message”:“A shared drive item must have exactly one parent.”}}”,

“name”: “Error”,

“stack”: “Error: Request failed with status code 403 at createError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/axios/lib/core/createError.js:16:15) at settle (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/axios/lib/core/settle.js:17:12) at IncomingMessage.handleStreamEnd (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/axios/lib/adapters/http.js:269:11) at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:525:35) at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1358:12) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)”

}

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Hi @denobeno, welcome to the community!

Just cross-referencing your existing thread for this to make sure people don’t respond in two different places: List and Move Files in Folders in Google Drive

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