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title: "Automatically Move SharePoint Files"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/IKB/27777597567/Automatically%20Move%20SharePoint%20Files"
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Students, faculty and staff can use Automations within SharePoint to automatically move files that are created or placed in a folder within one Document Library, to another Document Library within the same site. 

> ✅ For more information about Document Libraries, visit: [https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26338557953](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/26338557953) .

### This guide covers:

- Creating a new Document Library
- Automatically moving SharePoint files

## Creating a new Document Library

1. From your SharePoint site, navigate to **Site Contents** on the left-hand navigation menu
2. Select **New-> Document library** from the drop-down menu
3. Select **Blank Library** and provide a name/description
  1. Checking the **Show in site navigation** box will cause your new Document Library to be included in the left-hand navigation menu, where **Home**, **Documents**, and **Site contents** are shown above
4. You can now customize the permissions for this Document Library by navigating to the **Settings Gear → Library Settings** in the upper-right corner of the site → **More library settings → Permissions for this document library**
  

## Automatically Moving Files

> ✅ This process will automatically move files that are uploaded/created/placed in a **source folder** within one document library, to a **destination folder** in another document library.

1. Navigate to the **source folder** you’d like files to be moved from
2. Along the top ribbon, select the **3-dot ellipsis **→ **Automate → Rules → Create Rule**
3. Choose the **A new file is added **trigger
4. Select the **move file to **option in the drop-down and select your newly-created document library
5. The rule is automatically enabled and any files created/uploaded/placed into the **source folder** will now be moved to the **Uploaded Files document library** a few moments after