You can change which space an app belongs to while retaining the app's various data, such as existing records in the app and the app settings. Specifically, you can perform the following actions:

• Moving an app in a space to a different space
• Moving an app outside of any spaces
• Moving an app that does not belong to any space to a space

For information on which users can change the space an app belongs to, important notes, and the steps to change the space an app belongs to, see below.

• You can create a space for apps in a test run and a space for apps actually in use and change which space an app belongs to depending on the status of the app.
• In accordance with the change in the space usage, you can change which space an app belongs to.
• You can categorize existing apps which do not belong to any space by moving them to spaces for related departments or projects.

To change which space an app belongs to, a user must meet the following requirements:

• A user must have the permission to manage the app to be moved.
• A user must have the permission to create apps which belong to the Public app group.
  Specifically, a user must have the following permissions:
  • "Create apps" permission (Configured on the "Permission Management" screen of kintoneAdministration)
    Configuring Permission to Create Apps
  • "Create apps" and "Manage/use/delete apps" permissions for the Public app group (Configured on the "App Groups" screen of kintone Administration)
    Configuring Permissions for App Groups
• In the case of moving an app which already belongs to a space, a user must be an administrator of the space to which the app belongs at the time.

Spaces listed below cannot be specified as the destination to which an app is moved.

• Guest spaces
• Private spaces you have not joined
• Spaces for which you are not an administrator that have Only allow space administrators to create apps enabled in their settings

Additionally, apps cannot be moved out of a space if Allow users to create apps that do not belong to any space is disabled by a kintone Administrator in the Feature Activation settings.

The following are the points to note when you change which space an app belongs to.
Make sure to confirm these points before you start the operation.

• When you change which space an app belongs to, the processing to update the search results of Search in Space (the processing to change in which space's Search in Space results the moved app appears) is carried out. Keep in mind that it may take time before the change is applied to the search results of Search in Space.
• When the operation to change which space an app belongs to and another operation that involves updating of search results (e.g. operation to import a file) are carried out at the same time, it may take longer than usual for relevant changes caused by these operations to be reflected on search results. This should be noted when you carry out these operations consecutively.

The following describes the steps to change which space an app belongs to.

1. Open the "App Settings" screen.
   Opening the "App Settings" Screen

2. Open the App Settings tab and click Change Space Where App Belongs To.
   If the button is not displayed or cannot be clicked, refer to FAQ/Troubleshooting.

3. On the "Change Space Where App Belongs To" dialog, search for and select the space to which you want to move the app.
   If you wish to move the app outside of the space, click the Move the app outside of the space radio button.

4. Click Change.

5. Confirm the information on the "Notes" dialog. The following are the notes.

   • Clicking Confirm and apply executes the operation without your manual operation to update the app.
   • When you change which space an app belongs to, the processing to update the search results of Search in Space (the processing to change in which space's Search in Space results the moved app appears) is carried out. Keep in mind that it may take time before the change is applied to the search results of Search in Space.
   • When the operation to change which space an app belongs to and another operation that involves updating of search results (e.g. operation to import a file) are carried out at the same time, it may take longer than usual for relevant changes caused by these operations to be reflected on search results. This should be noted when you carry out these operations consecutively.

6. Click Confirm and apply.
   This changes which space the app belongs to without your manual operation to update the app.

Below is FAQ and troubleshooting on the Change Space Where App Belongs To feature.

The Space feature may be disabled. If the Space feature is disabled by a system administrator, you cannot change which space an app belongs to.

Hovering the cursor over Change Space Where App Belongs To displays a message that explains why the button is not clickable.
Refer to the displayed message and the table below to solve the problem.

If an app is moved to a different location, an audit log is output. "App management" and "App move started" are specified as the audit log's module and action respectively.
You can click the i icon to view the details, including the date and time of the action, the name of the space to which the app belonged, and the name of the space to which the app was moved.
For information on how to check audit logs, refer to Checking kintone Audit Logs.

It may be taking time to apply the change to the Search in Space results.
Try your search again after a while and check if the search results appear as expected.