Postman - How to move collections between Workspaces?

Question

I have multiple collections on the same Workspace on Postman. Unfortunately things are starting to get messy, to many Collections from different projects on the same place.

How can I move some Collections/APIs to new Workspaces?

I think [this one](https://stackoverflow.com/a/64493960/5675325) should be the accepted answer. — Tiago Martins Peres, Dec 23 '20 at 12:33

score 82 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '20 at 04:41

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Share a collection

To Workspace, select yours, and make sure you checked "Share collection and remove from this workspace"

Voila!

Note: Worked on version 7.34.0.

answered Oct 23 '20 at 04:41

Sameh Deabes

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That's the simple and easy way. Thanks :) – Arslan Ramay Jul 03 '21 at 14:38
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This no longer seems to work 9.1.2 – Ian1971 Oct 29 '21 at 12:38
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From the 9.1.1 release notes: "Elements are now restricted to a single workspace at a time: Every element from now on will be restricted to being in one workspace. This is done to enable a “get what you see” experience in a workspace without worrying about how it is being managed in different workspaces.". – Jaydo Nov 18 '21 at 03:52
It is worth noting there was a significant lag when moving a collection from one workspace to another. This method does work, but there will be a short moment before the collection appears in the new workspace. Had a heart attack for a moment when I first thought the collection had vanished, but it does eventually show up. – teaforchris Nov 11 '22 at 12:03

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 04:16

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Just export the collection and import from another workspace.

answered Apr 03 '20 at 04:16

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the better way is to share collection to another workspace and remove from the current one – Guru Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Nov 12 '20 at 11:58
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Ususally "better" is a word that should be used carefully. It depends on too many variables. This is another useful solution that someone could need :-) – Erenor Paz Aug 06 '21 at 14:40

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 20:07

There are several Ways to do that some of them are as follows

There is a workaround. Tested with Postman v6.1.4 Export your collection. Switch workspace. (Re-)import saved .postman_collection.json Postman will even ask you if you want to copy the collection (into the new workspace) or if you want to overwrite it (meaning move it to the new workspace)

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Delete needed collections from workspace

A > sync > go to trash >

and restore collections to workspace B. Hopefully, trash feature is enabled by default.

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Sharing collections in another workspace

In the workspaces dashboard, select a collection and then click the Share button. The collection is visible in your target workspace.

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:07

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I think the simplest and fasted way to do this is to Fork your Collection and select the new Workspace you want to fork it into.

If you "Move" your collection by Sharing, once you delete your collection from one Workspace it will also delete it from the other.

Moving a collection by deleting and restoring or exporting and importing, forces you to leave the app.

So, just fork it is fast and easy.

answered Feb 06 '20 at 21:07

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Perfect answer! Took about 90 seconds. – Francisco d'Anconia Jan 22 '21 at 01:00

score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 17:50

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In Postman v9.10.0

Click the three dots on the right of the collection name and select the action Move.

In the next screen select the workspace you want to move your collection to and click the Move Collection button.

That's it.

answered Jan 25 '22 at 17:50

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 30 '20 at 13:15

One way that was quick and easy was using the browser (instead of the app).

First, go to Postman using the browser and sign in. Next, create a new workspace - Test-1. It also gives you the option to choose the type of workspace; Personal or Team.

After creation, you now have at least 2 workspaces: the default workspace, My Workspace, and Test-1. It will create and put you inside the new workspace. Using the Collections or Environments tab, click Add Collections/Environments to this Workspace. You are now asked to pick a source workspace and then choose all or as many collections and environments as needed and finally Add to this workspace.

Whichever collections/environments you selected will now be duplicated to the new workspace.

Currently, there's no option to delete a collection or environment from a source workspace while copying it over. You will have to manually navigate inside a workspace to delete duplicates.

Postman - How to move collections between Workspaces?

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