Transfer padlets

Updated 1 week ago by Rana Wilds

Accounts at padlet.com
- Where can I transfer my padlets?
  - Transfer a single padlet
  - Transfer multiple padlets
Accounts at padlet.org
- Personal accounts > Padlet for Schools accounts
- Padlet for Schools accounts > personal accounts
FAQs

Accounts at padlet.com

All personal (individual) plans, Teams, Classrooms and Padlet for Schools plans (at padlet.com) are located within the same Padlet space.

Think of it like this: If you have an individual plan and a Team plan associated with the same email address, both plans will live in the same house -- under the same roof.

To keep things separate, these two plans have their own "rooms". Your individual plan has their own "room" and your Team has a different "room." We call these rooms, "workspaces."

So...

One email address = One account

One account can contain multiple workspaces

Padlets made in your individual workspace cannot be seen by your Team and visa versa.

But what if you want your Team to see them? What if you had inadvertently created your padlets in your individual workspace but wanted them in your Team workspace all along? You can transfer your padlets right from your own dashboard!

To see how to transfer padlets to and from a Padlet for Schools account (at padlet.org), see below in the Padlet for Schools accounts (at padlet.org) section.

Where can I transfer my padlets?

Currently, account owners have the ability to transfer padlets from:

Their personal workspace -> Team/Classroom/Padlet for Schools workspace (tied to the same email).
Their Team/Classroom/Padlet for Schools workspace -> personal workspace (tied to the same email).
Their Team/Classroom/Padlet for Schools workspace -> another Team/Classroom workspace (tied to the same email).

To transfer padlets to an outside account with a different email address (from one personal account to another, for example) or transfer padlets to another user, you will need to contact Customer Support for assistance.

For Team Gold: Because Contributors do not have the ability to create padlets within their Team, padlets cannot be transferred into their Team workspace.

Transfer a single padlet

This option is perfect if you only need to transfer one or two padlets!

Follow these steps to transfer a padlet one at a time:

Go to your dashboard and click on your name/avatar in the upper-right corner
Select the workspace that the padlet was created in
Click on your Made by me folder on the left

You cannot transfer padlets from the Recents folder. This must be done within the Made by me folder.

Locate the padlet you wish to transfer and click the vertical three-dot ellipsis button (...) on the padlet thumbnail
Select Transfer padlet
Select the workspace to transfer it to

You can also transfer directly from an opened padlet. Click the three-dot ellipsis button (...) to open the Additional options panel > Transfer board/sandbox.

Transfer multiple padlets

To transfer multiple padlets at once, follow the steps below:

Go to your dashboard and click on your name/avatar in the upper-right corner
Select the workspace that the padlets were created in
Click on your Made by me folder on the left

You cannot transfer padlets from the Recents folder. This must be done within the Made by me folder.

Hold down the mouse button and drag to select multiple padlets
Click Transfer padlets (at the top)
Select the workspace to transfer them to

Learn more about how to use our multi-select feature here!

Accounts at padlet.org

Padlet for Schools accounts located at padlet.org (previously known as Backpack) have a different set of rules.

Personal accounts > Padlet for Schools accounts

Use the Import tool located within your Padlet for Schools account to move padlets from your personal account to your school account. For instructions on how to use the Import tool, refer here! If you run into any issues, you can always contact us!

Padlet for Schools accounts > personal accounts

Due to privacy restrictions, for more information on how to transfer padlets from your Padlet for Schools account to a personal account, please refer to this article.

To completely transfer ownership of a padlet between users in the same Padlet for Schools account, please contact us for help! Otherwise, a copy can be made by using our Remake feature!

FAQs

I can't transfer any of my padlets! The transfer padlet option is not there. Why not?

This could be for a few different reasons:

1. Individual/personal accounts: You must be the creator of the padlet.

2. You must be transferring the padlet from the Made by me folder within the workspace that the padlet was created in. You cannot transfer padlets from the Recents folder.

3. Team accounts: You must have a role on the Team that allows you to create padlets in order to have padlets transferred into your account there. If you are the Owner or have the Admin or Maker role assigned to you, padlets can be transferred to your Team account. If you have the Contributor role, padlets cannot be transferred to your Team account.

3. The padlet quota in the destination account must not be met yet. If the account is over quota, the padlets cannot be transferred.

I can't find the padlet I want to transfer. What happened to it?

You may be looking in the wrong workspace. Navigate to your name/avatar in the upper-right corner of the dashboard and select the workspace used to create the padlet. Then, click on your Made by me folder on the left side of the page. You should see it there and can then transfer it to another workspace.