---
title: "Move or rename files"
method: POST
path: "/v2/project/files/moves"
tags: ["Files"]
---

# Move or rename files

`POST /v2/project/files/moves`

Clone source files and their translations under new file IDs.

## Headers

- `gt-api-version` '2025-01-01.v0' | '2025-11-03.v1' | '2026-02-18.v1' | '2026-03-06.v1' — API contract version. Defaults to the oldest supported version.
- `gt-project-id` string — Target project ID. Required when authenticating with an organization API key; ignored with project-scoped API keys (the project is resolved from the key).

## Request body

- object
  - `branchId` string
  - `moves` object[], required
    - `oldFileId` string, required
    - `newFileId` string, required
    - `newFileName` string, required

## Response `200`

File move results

- object
  - `results` object[], required
    - `oldFileId` string, required
    - `newFileId` string, required
    - `success` boolean, required
    - `newSourceFileId` string
    - `clonedTranslationsCount` integer
    - `error` string
  - `summary` object
    - `total` integer, required
    - `succeeded` integer, required
    - `failed` integer, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Request error
- `401` — Request error
- `403` — Request error
- `404` — Request error
- `413` — Request error
- `429` — Request error
- `500` — Request error

## Changes

- **2026-08-27** `367cd605d090` — 22 info
  - api operation id `moveFiles` removed and replaced with `processFileMoves`
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth` was added to the API
  - added the media type `text/html` for the response with the status `400`
  - added the media type `text/html` for the response with the status `401`
  - …18 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/generaltranslation/apis/general-translation-api/changes/v2/project/files/moves/post.md)

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