Moving a File or Directory to Another Directory public static void main(String args[]){ try{ // File (or directory) to be moved File file = new File("file.txt"); // Destination directory File dir = new File("gg"); // Move file to new directory boolean success = file.renameTo(new File(dir, file.getName())); if (!success) { System.out.println("File moved"); } } catch (Exception ioe){ ioe.printStackTrace(); } }