Move tasks

Last update: June 3, 2025

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You can move tasks in Adobe Workfront between the following objects:

An ad hoc task to a project.
A task from a project to another project.
A task from a project under a different parent in another project.
A task within the same project under a different parent.

You can move a task at the task level, or you can move a task from a list of tasks.

You can move a single task, or you can move several tasks at a time from a list of tasks.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

Adobe Workfront plan	Any
Adobe Workfront license	New: Standard or Current: Work or higher
Access level configurations	Edit access to Tasks and Projects
Object permissions	Manage permissions to the tasks Contribute or higher permissions to the project with ability to Add Tasks

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Considerations for moving tasks

Consider the following when moving a task:

Your system or group administrator can prevent you from moving tasks that have logged hours depending on how they configure the Allow users to move tasks and issues with logged hours preference in the Setup area. For information, see Configure system-wide task and issue preferences.
When you move a task from one project to another, the task dates might be recalculated. The recalculation will take into consideration the schedule that the new project uses and the project’s Schedule From information.
You can move some items associated with the task to the moved task during the moving process. However, by default, the following objects transfer to the moved task:
- Issues
- Logged hours
- User comments
- Custom forms and custom field information
- Subtasks
By default, the following items don’t move with the task:
- Milestones

Move tasks in a list

Click the Main Menu icon in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon in the upper-left corner, then click Projects.
On the Projects page, select the project that contains the task or tasks you want to move.
Click Tasks in the left panel to display the task list.
Click the Plan Mode icon and ensure that the Autosave toggle is enabled, then select the task or tasks that you want to move.

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You cannot move tasks when the Autosave toggle is disabled.
(Optional and conditional) If you want to move the selected tasks within the same project, click the tasks you selected, then drag and drop them to where you want them moved to on the project. The task hierarchy changes save immediately and the information associated with each task is moved with the tasks.
(Conditional) Select the task or tasks that you want to move and do one of the following:
- Click the More menu at the top of the task list, then click Move to.
- Right-click the selected tasks, then click Move to.
- When selecting one task, click the More menu next to the task name in the list, then click Move to.
The Move Task box displays.
Continue with moving the task, as described in the section Move a task at the task level in this article.

Move a task at the task level

In addition to moving tasks from a list of tasks, you can move a task at the task level after you have opened it.

Find a task in your Workfront system by searching for it.
Click the name of the task to open it.
Click the More drop-down menu next to the task name, then click Move to. The Move Task side panel displays.
(Optional) Update the Task Name. The task moves with the new name in the new location.

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The Task Name field is dimmed and not editable when selecting to move multiple tasks in a list. You can hover over the Task Name field and a list of all selected tasks will display.
In the Select Destination Project field, type the name of the project you want the task to move to. If you want to move the task within the same project, type the name of the current project.
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The project name is case sensitive.

You can search for a project by typing the Reference Number or entering the ID of the project. This can help you distinguish between projects with identical names.

Only 100 projects display in the list.
(Conditional) If you don’t have access to the project, click Request access.
(Conditional) Continue to move the task to the destination project without requesting access if you have access to add tasks to one of the tasks on the destination project.

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Similar messages display if the project selected is in pending approval, completed, or dead when the Workfront administrator prevents adding tasks to these projects. For more information, see Configure system-wide project preferences.
(Optional) In the Options section, deselect any of the items listed in the table below to remove them from the moved tasks. All options are selected by default.

IMPORTANT
Deselecting items in the Options list results in loss of data. Information from the existing task will be removed and can’t be recovered.
Select all
Deselect this option to remove all information from the task when moving it to its new location.
Constraint
The task constraint is set to As Soon As Possible or As Late As Possible based on the project Schedule Mode setting.

When selected, the current constraint of the task transfers with the task.

Note: When moving or copying a task with date-specific constraints to another project and the constraint dates of the task are outside the new project dates, either the Task Constraint changes to As Soon as Possible or As Late as Possible, or the Planned Start or Planned Completion dates of the projects are adjusted.

The following are examples of date-specific constraints:

Start On

Must Finish On

Start No Earlier Than

Start No Later Than

For more information, see Task Constraint overview.
Assignments
All the assignments are removed from the task.
Approval Process
All approval processes are removed from the task.
Progress
The task status is set to New. Otherwise, the existing task status is preserved.
Financial Information
The financial information of the task is removed and the Workfront updates the task Cost Type to No Cost and the task Revenue Type as Not Billable.
All Predecessors
When selected, the dependency becomes a cross-project predecessor when you move the task to another project.
Documents

The documents attached to the task aren't transferred to the moved task. This includes versions, proofs, and linked documents.

This doesn't include document approvals. Document approvals can never be moved when a task is moved.

Note: If you opt to not have the documents moved with the task, the documents will be deleted and placed in the Recycle Bin for 30 days. An administrator can restore them and they will be restored on the moved task.

If the task is deleted after it's moved, the restored documents will be placed in the Documents area of the user page of the administrator who restores them.

Reminder Notifications
The task reminders do not transfer to the moved task.
Expenses
The expenses logged on the task do not transfer to the moved task.
Permissions
Workfront removes the names of all the entities displaying in the Sharing list of the task.
(Optional) In the Select Parent section, select the task in the destination project that will become the parent of the moved task.

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When selecting to move multiple tasks in a list, all selected tasks become the children of the selected parent.

Select a parent by doing one of the following:
- In the task list, select one of the parents in the project plan.
- Click the search icon and search for a parent task by name.
The task displays in the list.

NOTE
If you do not select a parent task, the tasks are moved as main tasks rather than subtasks, and they are placed at the end of the task list on the destination project.
Click Move task. The tasks move to the specified project as either subtasks to a parent task or the last tasks on the project.

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