diff --git a/apps/drive-web/src/dashboard/dashboard-sidebar.tsx b/apps/drive-web/src/dashboard/dashboard-sidebar.tsx
index 0a86991..42c695e 100644
--- a/apps/drive-web/src/dashboard/dashboard-sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/drive-web/src/dashboard/dashboard-sidebar.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 import { api } from "@fileone/convex/api"
-import { Link, useLocation } from "@tanstack/react-router"
-import { useQuery as useConvexQuery } from "convex/react"
-import { useAtomValue } from "jotai"
+import { newDirectoryHandle } from "@fileone/convex/filesystem"
+import { useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query"
+import { Link, useLocation, useParams } from "@tanstack/react-router"
 import {
+	useMutation as useConvexMutation,
+	useQuery as useConvexQuery,
+} from "convex/react"
+import { useAtomValue, useSetAtom, useStore } from "jotai"
+import {
+	CircleXIcon,
 	ClockIcon,
 	FilesIcon,
+	FolderInputIcon,
 	LogOutIcon,
+	ScissorsIcon,
 	SettingsIcon,
 	TrashIcon,
 	User2Icon,
 } from "lucide-react"
+import { toast } from "sonner"
+import { Card, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card"
 import {
 	DropdownMenu,
 	DropdownMenuContent,
@@ -26,7 +36,10 @@ import {
 	SidebarMenuButton,
 	SidebarMenuItem,
 } from "@/components/ui/sidebar"
+import { formatError } from "@/lib/error"
+import { Button } from "../components/ui/button"
 import { LoadingSpinner } from "../components/ui/loading-spinner"
+import { clearCutItemsAtom, cutHandlesAtom } from "../files/store"
 import { backgroundTaskProgressAtom } from "./state"
 
 export function DashboardSidebar() {
@@ -46,6 +59,7 @@ export function DashboardSidebar() {
 			</SidebarContent>
 			<SidebarFooter>
 				<SidebarMenu>
+					<CutItemsCard />
 					<BackgroundTaskProgressItem />
 				</SidebarMenu>
 			</SidebarFooter>
@@ -134,6 +148,93 @@ function BackgroundTaskProgressItem() {
 	)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Displays the number of cut items and allows the user to perform actions on them, such as moving them to a target directory.
+ * Visible when there are cut items.
+ */
+function CutItemsCard() {
+	const { directoryId } = useParams({ strict: false })
+	const cutHandles = useAtomValue(cutHandlesAtom)
+	const clearCutItems = useSetAtom(clearCutItemsAtom)
+	const setCutHandles = useSetAtom(cutHandlesAtom)
+	const setBackgroundTaskProgress = useSetAtom(backgroundTaskProgressAtom)
+	const store = useStore()
+
+	const _moveItems = useConvexMutation(api.filesystem.moveItems)
+	const { mutate: moveItems } = useMutation({
+		mutationFn: _moveItems,
+		onMutate: () => {
+			setBackgroundTaskProgress({
+				label: "Moving items…",
+			})
+			const cutHandles = store.get(cutHandlesAtom)
+			clearCutItems()
+			return { cutHandles }
+		},
+		onError: (error, _variables, context) => {
+			if (context?.cutHandles) {
+				setCutHandles(context.cutHandles)
+			}
+			toast.error("Failed to move items", {
+				description: formatError(error),
+			})
+		},
+		onSuccess: () => {
+			toast.success("Items moved")
+		},
+		onSettled: () => {
+			setBackgroundTaskProgress(null)
+		},
+	})
+
+	if (cutHandles.length === 0) return null
+
+	const moveCutItems = () => {
+		if (directoryId) {
+			moveItems({
+				targetDirectory: newDirectoryHandle(directoryId),
+				items: cutHandles,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (
+		<SidebarMenuItem>
+			<Card className="p-0 gap-0 rounded-md overflow-clip">
+				<CardHeader className="px-3.5 py-1.5! gap-0 border-b border-b-primary-foreground/10 bg-primary text-primary-foreground">
+					<CardTitle className="p-0 m-0 text-xs uppercase">
+						<div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+							<ScissorsIcon size={16} /> {cutHandles.length} Cut
+							Items
+						</div>
+					</CardTitle>
+				</CardHeader>
+				<CardFooter className="p-1 flex flex-col">
+					<Button
+						size="sm"
+						variant="ghost"
+						className="w-full justify-start transition-none"
+						disabled={!directoryId}
+						onClick={moveCutItems}
+					>
+						<FolderInputIcon size={16} />
+						Move items here
+					</Button>
+					<Button
+						size="sm"
+						variant="ghost"
+						className="w-full justify-start transition-none"
+						onClick={() => clearCutItems()}
+					>
+						<CircleXIcon size={16} />
+						Clear
+					</Button>
+				</CardFooter>
+			</Card>
+		</SidebarMenuItem>
+	)
+}
+
 function UserMenu() {
 	function handleSignOut() {}
 
diff --git a/apps/drive-web/src/files/store.ts b/apps/drive-web/src/files/store.ts
index b74abde..f524989 100644
--- a/apps/drive-web/src/files/store.ts
+++ b/apps/drive-web/src/files/store.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { FileSystemHandle } from "@fileone/convex/filesystem"
 import { atom } from "jotai"
 import { atomFamily } from "jotai/utils"
 
@@ -92,3 +93,8 @@ export const hasFileUploadsErrorAtom = atom((get) => {
 	}
 	return false
 })
+
+export const cutHandlesAtom = atom<FileSystemHandle[]>([])
+export const clearCutItemsAtom = atom(null, (_, set) => {
+	set(cutHandlesAtom, [])
+})
diff --git a/apps/drive-web/src/routes/_authenticated/_sidebar-layout/directories.$directoryId.tsx b/apps/drive-web/src/routes/_authenticated/_sidebar-layout/directories.$directoryId.tsx
index 9361bd0..fa2bb25 100644
--- a/apps/drive-web/src/routes/_authenticated/_sidebar-layout/directories.$directoryId.tsx
+++ b/apps/drive-web/src/routes/_authenticated/_sidebar-layout/directories.$directoryId.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { atom, useAtom, useAtomValue, useSetAtom, useStore } from "jotai"
 import {
 	ChevronDownIcon,
 	PlusIcon,
+	ScissorsIcon,
 	TextCursorInputIcon,
 	TrashIcon,
 } from "lucide-react"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ import { NewDirectoryDialog } from "@/directories/directory-page/new-directory-d
 import { RenameFileDialog } from "@/directories/directory-page/rename-file-dialog"
 import { DirectoryPathBreadcrumb } from "@/directories/directory-path-breadcrumb"
 import { FilePreviewDialog } from "@/files/file-preview-dialog"
-import { inProgressFileUploadCountAtom } from "@/files/store"
+import { cutHandlesAtom, inProgressFileUploadCountAtom } from "@/files/store"
 import { UploadFileDialog } from "@/files/upload-file-dialog"
 import type { FileDragInfo } from "@/files/use-file-drop"
 
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ function DirectoryContentContextMenu({
 	const [target, setTarget] = useAtom(contextMenuTargetItemsAtom)
 	const setOptimisticDeletedItems = useSetAtom(optimisticDeletedItemsAtom)
 	const setBackgroundTaskProgress = useSetAtom(backgroundTaskProgressAtom)
+	const setCutHandles = useSetAtom(cutHandlesAtom)
 	const moveToTrashMutation = useContextMutation(api.filesystem.moveToTrash)
 
 	const { mutate: moveToTrash } = useMutation({
@@ -293,6 +295,13 @@ function DirectoryContentContextMenu({
 		},
 	})
 
+	const handleCut = () => {
+		const selectedItems = store.get(contextMenuTargetItemsAtom)
+		if (selectedItems.length > 0) {
+			setCutHandles(selectedItems.map(newFileSystemHandle))
+		}
+	}
+
 	const handleDelete = () => {
 		const selectedItems = store.get(contextMenuTargetItemsAtom)
 		if (selectedItems.length > 0) {
@@ -314,6 +323,10 @@ function DirectoryContentContextMenu({
 			{target.length > 0 && (
 				<ContextMenuContent>
 					<RenameMenuItem />
+					<ContextMenuItem onClick={handleCut}>
+						<ScissorsIcon />
+						Cut
+					</ContextMenuItem>
 					<ContextMenuItem
 						variant="destructive"
 						onClick={handleDelete}