# Add "Move to new message" option when selecting posts on topic admin wrench
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414 "2018-08-10T14:47:04Z")
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/1 "2018-08-10T14:47:04Z")
Currently, when you select one or more posts via the admin wrench, you get the modal below. This works well for the offered options, but if you want to move the posts into a new personal message you have to jump through some extra hoops, some involving undocumented features:
- using `+ new message` on the :link: modal, create new message first, which automatically includes the users and groups required
- identify the message topic ID from URL (copy to clipboard)
- using admin wrench, select posts to move, then select move to existing topic, then type in the topic ID (or paste from clipboard)
I think it would be very handy to instead see a “Move to new message” option here, which would start a new message including the same users and groups containing the selected posts. It would work similarly to the
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/2 "2018-08-10T22:54:25Z")
Fair; didn’t someone else ask for this recently here on meta?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/3 "2018-08-10T23:10:35Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> didn’t someone else ask for this recently here on meta?
Close, but instead of bulk selection, for a single post
> [@Change one post in topic to a PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-one-post-in-topic-to-a-pm/94367/):
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> Problem: I can select a post within a topic and move it to a new or existing topic. I can also change it’s ownership. But, I can’t change that one post to a PM. I can change a whole topic to a PM. But, I can’t change one post to a PM. Scenario: Someone posts a reply in a topic and I want to remove it and explain why to them, privately. An easy approach is to turn that one post into a PM and then reply to it privately, outside the topic. Recommendation: Have the same “change to PM” functi…
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### Author:  [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/4 "2018-08-11T07:25:49Z")
See also
> [@Move posts to new message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-posts-to-new-message/34935):
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> Similar to how posts can be moved to an existing or new topic, it might be pretty cool if posts could be reassigned to a new message. One case where this would be helpful is when a couple of users get off topic — a moderator could check off their posts and usher them into their own private area (“Get a room, you two!”). Topic is back on track and the tangential users can continue their conversation. Sometimes it makes sense to move these kinds of posts to a new topic … or delete the posts … or…
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-single-entry-in-public-topic-to-new-private-message/54203?u=tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-single-entry-in-public-topic-to-new-private-message/54203)
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-selected-posts-to-private-message/49007?u=tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-selected-posts-to-private-message/49007)
> [@Move topic / posts to Private Conversation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-topic-posts-to-private-conversation/24888):
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> Is it possible to move a topic / posts to a private conversation? A couple of members are having a decidedly private conversation (exchanging telephone numbers etc) in a public forum… … right now I would love to move their conversation into a new private message thread between the two of them. Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/5 "2018-12-31T13:21:10Z")
This feature is now implemented. Details here:
> [@Move posts to private conversation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-posts-to-private-conversation/63007/10):
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> This feature is now available via: When moving posts from a topic there will be three options. Move to … New Topic Existing Topic New Message When moving posts from a PM there will be two options. Move to … New Message Existing Message
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-move-to-new-message-option-when-selecting-posts-on-topic-admin-wrench/94414/6 "2018-12-31T13:21:17Z")