I can't find a way to mass move waypoints from one folder to another folder

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Attroll

• December 10, 2021 20:41
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Here is my example. When I upload a file with 300 waypoints in it, it creates a folder automatically with the default name of the file that I am uploading. This is something I do not want but can deal with it, if there was a way to mass move the waypoints from the folder that was just created to the folder that I want them in. Is there a way to mass mover just the waypoints from one folder to another one? Every time I have tried to do this it moves the whole folder into the other folder and makes it like a subdirectory under the top level folder. I don't want that. I want just the waypints moved into the folder. Is this possible?

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  NeluGoia

  • February 07, 2022 16:24

  Hello,

  Yes, it can be done:

  1. Click the "Saved Items" on the GaiaGPS.com page
  2. Go to Filters and chose Items-->Folders
  3. Select your folder that contains the waypoints
  4. Shift-click them all
  5. Click the small icon for "File To"
  6. Click "More Folders"
  7. Chose the one you want to move them to.

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  agianni

  • June 28, 2022 20:02

  I don't see "File To" = only "File this Folder". This copies the entire folder, not just the files.

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  Attroll

  • June 29, 2022 02:51

  Yes, that was an issue I found too. It copied the whole folder. That really screwed things up when it moved the whole folder on me. It created hours of headache trying to get everything back the way it was.

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  NeluGoia

  • June 29, 2022 03:11

   

  OK, let's try again, shall we?

  The steps described before DO work:

  1. Click the "Saved Items" on the GaiaGPS.com page
  2. Go to Filters and chose Items-->Folders
  3. Select your folder that contains the waypoints
  4. Shift-click them all
  5. Click the small icon for "File To"
  6. Click "More Folders"
  7. Chose the one you want to move them to.

  Here are some screenshots. I created Folder 1 that has 4 waypoints and a route in it. I will only move the waypoints to Folder 2:

  

  

  Here is Folder 2 after the move:

  

  And here is Folder 1 after the move:

  

  As you can clearly see, the route has not been moved to Folder 2.

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  agianni

  • June 29, 2022 12:49
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  Ahhhhhh! Thank you for your patience and re-explaining. My problem was the "Saved Items" part. I didn't see anything that said saved items anywhere - so I thought you meant to go to the top icon / folders. Now that I've looked at your screenshots I see what you're talking about - the little folder icon on the left. Eureka! I'd never even clicked on that before. This is super helpful. THANK YOU for taking the time to post the screenshots. Very much appreciated!

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