# \[BUG-13864\] Losing access to tags by accidentally moving a parent folder into a sub folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [May 13, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941 "2019-05-13T15:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brendan.curran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@brendan.curran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brendan.curran)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/1 "2019-05-13T15:08:29Z")
So you can drag folders in the tag browser into other folders. So what happens if you drag a parent folder into a sub folder? Right now it appears that the folder becomes completely inaccessible. I’ve had a couple folders disappear on me, and I’ve finally tracked down why. I’m not sure if this is new to 8.0, but I’ve not found a way to regain access to these folders if it happens. ---
**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/2 "2019-05-13T15:30:37Z")
Yeah, it creates an unpleasant mess when you do that. I added a ticket to throw an error rather than allowing this to happen. ---
**Author:** ![brendan.curran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@brendan.curran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brendan.curran)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/3 "2019-05-13T15:38:49Z")
Do you know any method to regain access? It’s very easy to accidentally do so on a touch pad when you’re on a laptop out on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![mgross](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mgross/32/3311_2.png) [@mgross](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mgross)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/4 "2019-05-13T16:28:48Z")
Unfortunately, there isn’t any easy way to get back the tags, which is why it is highly likely that we will implement this sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![grietveld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grietveld/32/6984_2.png) [@grietveld](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grietveld)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/5 "2019-05-13T16:35:12Z")
I would try and keep a backup of your tags for future cases. I was able to reload mine from that, and might save you a bit of time depending on how many changes since last backup. Unfortunately, that doesn’t help any issues that already occurred. ---
**Author:** ![awalker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/awalker/32/6874_2.png) [@awalker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/awalker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/6 "2019-05-16T15:44:39Z")
This issue was fixed in the 8.0.2 nightly build that was uploaded today (5/16). ---
**Author:** ![brendan.curran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@brendan.curran](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brendan.curran)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-13864-losing-access-to-tags-by-accidentally-moving-a-parent-folder-into-a-sub-folder/24941/7 "2019-07-29T14:27:28Z")
One question. I have a tag that writes to a database in one of these folders lost to oblivion. I have no methods of stopping it from righting as I cannot figure out how to access it. Do you know of any methods of finding the location of these folders and deleting them?