# Move field to new tab

**URL:** <https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550>\
**Category:** Prismic for Content Creators\
**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550 "2021-03-15T22:56:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alexdkaminski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@alexdkaminski](https://community.prismic.io/u/alexdkaminski)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550/1 "2021-03-15T22:56:08Z")

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Is it possible to move an existing field to a newly created tab? This field already has data populated in it across many instances. I can't seem to drag and drop it into a new tab.

Would deleting the field and recreating it under a new tab with an identical id retain the existing field data or would we lose it?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![samlittlefair](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/samlittlefair/32/696_2.png) [@samlittlefair](https://community.prismic.io/u/samlittlefair)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550/3 "2021-03-16T10:00:33Z")

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Hey @alexdkaminski ,

Yes, this is possible 🙂

If you move a field without changing the API ID, you will keep your data.

The safest way to do this is to move the field in the JSON editor, like this:

```json
// From this:
​
{
  "Main Tab": {
    "example_number_field": {
      "type": "Number",
      "config": {
        "label": "Example Number"
      }
    },
    "example_boolean_field": {
      "type": "Boolean",
      "config": {
        "default_value": false,
        "label": "Example Boolean"
      }
    }
  }
}
​
// To this:
​
{
  "Main Tab": {
    "example_number_field": {
      "type": "Number",
      "config": {
        "label": "Example Number"
      }
    }
  },
  "New Tab": {
    "example_boolean_field": {
      "type": "Boolean",
      "config": {
        "default_value": false,
        "label": "Example Boolean"
      }
    }
  }
}

```

Let me know if you have any questions.

Sam

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**Author:** ![samlittlefair](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/samlittlefair/32/696_2.png) [@samlittlefair](https://community.prismic.io/u/samlittlefair)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550/5 "2021-03-26T16:14:50Z")

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This issue has been closed as it has been fixed, [Flag if it is not the case for you to reopen](https://community.prismic.io/t/re-open-a-thread/2175).

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/system/32/1746_2.png) [@system](https://community.prismic.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/move-field-to-new-tab/4550/6 "2021-12-09T12:47:02Z")

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