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title: "Copy/Move Files Between OneDrive and SharePoint"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/26229702819/Copy%2FMove%20Files%20Between%20OneDrive%20and%20SharePoint"
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UConn faculty, staff, and students can easily share files between OneDrive and SharePoint sites, and vice versa.

1. If you are transferring files from
  1. OneDrive, navigate to <u>[s.uconn.edu/onedrive](http://s.uconn.edu/onedrive)</u><u> </u>
  2. SharePoint, navigate to [s.uconn.edu/sharepoint](http://s.uconn.edu/sharepoint)
2. Find the files/folders you would like to transfer and select them by checking their circle to the left.
3. Click on **Move to **or **Copy to** in the top toolbar.
  1. A **Move** will keep attributes of the file, such as CreationDate, Last Modified, and Version History.
  2. A **Copy** will create a new, discrete file in your destination folder with a CreationDate of today.  
:check_mark: You may Copy the files to the new location, verify the files in the new location, and then delete the original files.
4. In the popup window,
  1. If you are transferring to a SharePoint, choose it from the list on the left
  2. If you are transferring to your personal OneDrive, choose **My Files** at the top of the list on the left.
5. Use the window to navigate to the exact desired destination of the items.
6. Click on **Move here **or** Copy here** to begin the transfer.
7. To view the status of the file transfer, click on **Moving items** or **Copying items** in the top right

> 📝 ITS recommends using the website to move/copy files**. **
> 📝 
> 📝 If you were to conduct the transfer in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS), your computer would need to first download all the selected files, transfer them to another folder on your computer, and *then *upload the changes back to OneDrive/SharePoint.