---
id: moving-folders.can-i-move-a-single-file-instead-of-a-folder
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-i-move-a-single-file-instead-of-a-folder
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Data Parking (the two-pane mover)"
question: "Can I move a single file, not a whole folder, with Data Parking?"
alt_questions:
  - "Move one big file to the external drive"
  - "Relocate a single video file"
  - "Move individual files with Storage Studio"
  - "data parking move a file"
short_answer: "Yes. Data Parking lists files as well as folders, so tick a single file and Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here it. Relocate leaves one link at the original place, so the file still opens from there while the drive is connected."
tags: ["single file", "data parking", "relocate"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-does-relocate-do-in-data-parking", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-i-select-several-folders-at-once-in-data-parking"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can I move a single file, not a whole folder, with Data Parking?

Yes. Both panes list files as well as folders, so tick a single file and use Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here just as you would for a folder. With **Relocate**, the file is replaced by a single link at its original place, so it still opens from there while the drive is connected.

This is handy for one huge file — a disk image, a video, an archive — sitting in a folder you otherwise want to keep on your Mac.

See [What does Relocate do?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-does-relocate-do-in-data-parking)