<p>It’s currently only possible via direct manipulation of the entries in your database.</p>

<p>You will first need to visit your <code>sections</code> table to determine the desired <strong>section ID</strong>, and then the <code>entrytypes</code> table to determine the desired <strong>entry type ID</strong>.</p>

<p>Once you have those, find your entry’s row in the <code>entries</code> table, and change its <code>sectionId</code> and <code>typeId</code> columns accordingly.</p>

<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> If either of the the old/new sections are Structures, there’s quite a bit more work involved, and your best bet will be to write some PHP code to handle the migration. See <a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/4467/9">https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/4467/9</a> for a complete example of how to do that.</p>

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Do y'all know if this is still the case in craft3?
mooreds
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@mooreds yep. Moving entries between sections is on the roadmap for 3.x though.
Brandon Kelly
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Any update on "moving entries between sections"? I am espially interested in moving "pages" between Structures. Alternative solutions welcome.
Frank Lämmer
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Can you add the steps required to delete the drafts first? Otherwise there are so many entries to update.
Crafty Cat
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To find the entry in the `entries` table, search for the title in the `content` table, note down the `elementId` and search for it in the `entries` table.
Crafty Cat
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nice to see it's really 'that easy'. I've wanted to do this a few times, moving around first work in a prototype, but figured it would be too much relation trouble. Cheers.
narration_sd
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Brandon it would be nice if in the future you could ad this as a feature. Thanks.
julzmon
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Brandon Kelly
<p>I have some entries that I'd like to move to a different channel, but I don't see any way to do this. Is it possible?</p>

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Move entries between sections
# Move entries between sections

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-19)

I have some entries that I'd like to move to a different channel, but I don't see any way to do this. Is it possible?

**Tags:** entries, sections

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-19. Score: 17 | Accepted answer

It’s currently only possible via direct manipulation of the entries in your database.

You will first need to visit your `sections` table to determine the desired **section ID**, and then the `entrytypes` table to determine the desired **entry type ID**.

Once you have those, find your entry’s row in the `entries` table, and change its `sectionId` and `typeId` columns accordingly.

**NOTE:** If either of the the old/new sections are Structures, there’s quite a bit more work involved, and your best bet will be to write some PHP code to handle the migration. See <https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/a/4467/9> for a complete example of how to do that.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: nice to see it's really 'that easy'. I've wanted to do this a few times, moving around first work in a prototype, but figured it would be too much relation trouble. Cheers.  
> **username_6**: Brandon it would be nice if in the future you could ad this as a feature. Thanks.  
> **username_2**: Do y'all know if this is still the case in craft3?  
> **username_1**: @mooreds yep. Moving entries between sections is on the roadmap for 3.x though.  
> **username_3**: Any update on "moving entries between sections"? I am espially interested in moving "pages" between Structures. Alternative solutions welcome.  
> **username_4**: Can you add the steps required to delete the drafts first? Otherwise there are so many entries to update.  
> **username_4**: To find the entry in the `entries` table, search for the title in the `content` table, note down the `elementId` and search for it in the `entries` table.  

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