# How can I move posts to a new message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-move-posts-to-a-new-message/278380>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 9, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-move-posts-to-a-new-message/278380 "2023-09-09T03:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-move-posts-to-a-new-message/278380/7 "2023-09-09T08:17:08Z")

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I think this has been mentioned before. Mods can make a whole topic a PM from the topic wrench, but not split individual posts out into a new PM from the ‘select posts’ option.

It’s not immediately obvious to me what the distinction is, but I can see what I can find out. 🙂

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