Can not move my sheets/reports between folders

Waleed · 04/30/25

Im trying to create new monthly duplicate folder with all shared links we are using for our data project , for some reason i can not move sheets and reports between folders , only to workspace that not commonly used by us

Anyone is facing the same , your support is appreciated

Thanks in advace

kowal · 05/01/25

hi @Waleed,

could it be that you have only view permissions not the admin permission?

Waleed · 05/01/25

Hi @kowal

Im not sure about this
How to verify the view from admin permissions ?

if you mean for login itself im logged as owner

Momo PANTHER · 05/01/25

I met the same issue. I cannot organize my sheets and folders now

kowal · 05/02/25

hi @Waleed

if you ware owner you are having the ability to do everything with the sheet.

Paul Newcome · 05/02/25

If the sheets and folders you are referring to are in the Sheets folder, it is slowly being deprecated. Everything is being pushed to workspaces now.

Andrée Starå · 05/02/25

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/138861/can-not-move-my-sheets-reports-between-folders

Hi @Waleed @Momo PANTHER,

I hope you're well and safe!

It's probably because of this. Smartsheet is making changes to remove the Sheets folder to simplify future development.

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/138129/new-streamlined-creation-experience

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Waleed · 05/02/25

Hi @Andrée Starå @Paul Newcome

Thanks for your reply , mostly as mentioned and smartsheet no longer support transfer files between folders , which limit the usage of folders

The issue is that we have to re-build all over , these changes we were not ready for not to mention still we are not fully aware of workspace usage

MMurphy · 05/09/25

Hi

I've been having this problem this morning and upon reading this thread I created a new workspace to house the sheets I need for our projects. However, I can't even move the new sheets that have been shared with me into this workspace. It's possible to drag and drop sheets from my existing folders into the workspace, but the three sheets that have been shared with me this week won't move out of my Sheets folder at all. I don't think it's related to permissions as I'm an Admin on one of these sheets. Any ideas?

Paul Newcome · 05/09/25

@MMurphy They most likely live in the owner's workspace. If you move it to a workspace you own (especially one they don't have access to), that would replace you as the owner. We are currently in an "in between" type of spot with this where we can't fully migrate our Sheets folder to a workspace yet, but we don't have full functionality in our Sheets folder either.

I almost wonder if they are going to create a "Shared To You" type of workspace that acts like our Sheets folder for things we don't own and then force us to use a separate workspace for our own things.

MMurphy · 05/09/25

@Paul Newcome Thanks for the explanation. This is very frustrating as it looks like I'm going to have to start manually adding every individual new sheet that's shared with me to my team's reports, as I can no longer move them to the folder those reports are set up to pull from.

You'd think they'd ensure the workspace functionality was complete before removing the functionality from the Sheets folder! This is going to make things a lot more difficult for me for a while.

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