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id="files-copy">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="files#common-file-tasks"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.5.92" version="0.2" date="2012-09-15" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="43" date="2022-09-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
<email>crisnoh@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
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<desc>Copy or move items to a new folder.</desc>
</info>
<title>Copy or move files and folders</title>
<p>A file or folder can be copied or moved to a new location by dragging and
dropping with the mouse, using the copy and paste commands, or by using
keyboard shortcuts.</p>
<p>For example, you might want to copy a presentation onto a memory stick so
you can take it to work with you. Or, you could make a back-up copy of a
document before you make changes to it (and then use the old copy if you don’t
like your changes).</p>
<p>These instructions apply to both files and folders. You copy and move files
and folders in exactly the same way.</p>
<steps ui:expanded="false">
<title>Copy and paste files</title>
<item><p>Select the file you want to copy by clicking on it once.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click and select <gui>Copy</gui>, or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Navigate to another folder, where you want to put the copy of the
file.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click and select <gui>Paste</gui> to finish copying the
file, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>. There
will now be a copy of the file in the original folder and the other
folder.</p></item>
</steps>
<steps ui:expanded="false">
<title>Cut and paste files to move them</title>
<item><p>Select the file you want to move by clicking on it once.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click and select <gui>Cut</gui>, or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>X</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Navigate to another folder, where you want to move the file.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click and select <gui>Paste</gui> to
finish moving the file, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>.
The file will be taken out of its original folder and moved to the other
folder.</p></item>
</steps>
<steps ui:expanded="false">
<title>Drag files to copy or move</title>
<item><p>Open the file manager and go to the folder which contains the file you
want to copy.</p></item>
<item><p>Press the menu button in the sidebar of the window and select
<gui style="menuitem">New Window</gui> (or
press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>) to open a second window. In
the new window, navigate to the folder where you want to move or copy the file.
</p></item>
<item>
<p>Click and drag the file from one window to another. This will
<em>move it</em> if the destination is on the <em>same</em> device, or
<em>copy it</em> if the destination is on a <em>different</em> device.</p>
<p>For example, if you drag a file from a USB memory stick to your Home folder,
it will be copied, because you’re dragging from one device to another.</p>
<p>You can force the file to be copied by holding down the <key>Ctrl</key> key
while dragging, or force it to be moved by holding down the <key>Shift</key>
key while dragging.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note>
<p>You cannot copy or move a file into a folder that is <em>read-only</em>.
Some folders are read-only to prevent you from making changes to their
contents. You can change things from being read-only by
<link xref="nautilus-file-properties-permissions">changing file permissions
</link>.</p>
</note>
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