---
title: "Move a reserved IP to another project"
description: "Move an Add-on reserved IP that is Available and untagged to another project in the same MyAccount account, keeping the address."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "reserved-ip"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/move-a-reserved-ip-to-another-project/"
topic: ["manage"]
relationships: {"troubleshooting-for":["/myaccount/reserved-ip/troubleshooting/reserved-ip/"]}
---

# Move a reserved IP to another project

Moving a reserved IP hands it to another project in the same account, for example when you
reorganize resources and want the address to follow them. The address itself stays the same and
remains reserved to your account.

## Before you begin

You can move a reserved IP if you are the account owner, or have the **Admin** or **Project Lead**
role in its project; **Move To Another Project** appears for those roles. See
[Choose a role for a user](/myaccount/account/how-to/choose-a-role-for-a-user/). Your account also
needs a second project for the address. See
[Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/).

The address must also meet three conditions:

- Its type in the list is **Add-on IP**, the type a newly reserved address has. A **Public IP**
  or **Floating IP** stays in its project.
- Its status is **Available**. If it is attached, detach it first; see
  [Detach the IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip-as-an-add-on-ip/#detach-the-ip).
- It has no tags. See
  [Tag a resource](/myaccount/account/how-to/tag-a-resource/#remove-a-tag).

A reserved IP attached to a node moves with that node. To keep the address on its node, move the
node instead of detaching the IP. See
[Move a node to another project](/myaccount/node/how-to/move-a-node-to-another-project/).

## Move the IP

1. Open **Network > Reserve IP**.
2. In the address's **Actions** menu, click **Move To Another Project**.

   If the address is not ready, MyAccount says instead that it must have no tags and be
   **Available**.

3. **Move Reserve Ip to Another Project** opens. Choose where the address goes in **Select
   Project**, turn on the checkbox that names the address and the project, and click **Transfer**.

The address is now in the target project, and MyAccount confirms the move with **Resource is
transferred successfully.** If MyAccount refuses the move, the address has not moved; see
[Troubleshooting Reserved IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/troubleshooting/reserved-ip/#move-to-another-project-is-missing-or-greyed-out).

## Work with the address in its new project

The address is on the **Reserve IP** page of the target project once you switch to that project
from the header. See
[Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/#switch-to-the-project). The move
appears in the audit log of the old project and of the new one; see
[Read the audit log](/myaccount/account/how-to/read-the-audit-log/).

From there, the address can serve a node in that project as an add-on IP. See
[Attach a reserved IP as an add-on IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip-as-an-add-on-ip/).