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# Move File

Moves a file from one location to the other.

This activity moves a file from a specified folder to another.

### From

* **Path:** [`Object Argument`](/getting-started/rpa-studio/arguments.md#object) <mark style="color:red;">`Required`</mark>\
  The path of the file that is to be moved.

### To

* **Destination:** [`String Argument`](/getting-started/rpa-studio/arguments.md#string) <mark style="color:red;">`Required`</mark>\
  The destination path where the file is to be moved.

### Input

* **Overwrite:**
  * `True` - Overwrites the file in the destination folder with the file that is to be copied.
  * `False` - Creates a new file at the destination.
* **Create:**
  * `True` - Creates a directory in the destination to which the files are to be moved if the specified directory does not exist.
  * `False` - A new directory won't be created at the destination if the directory does not exist and the moving process is terminated.

### Output

* **Output File Path:** [`Object Variable`](/getting-started/rpa-studio/variables.md#object)\
  Stores the location of the moved files in the specified [Object ](/getting-started/rpa-studio/variables.md#object)variable.