---
title: "Move a child from one room to another"
description: "How to move a child between rooms in NestliCare. Click Change on the Room row of their profile, or re-enroll them fresh if the move comes with a new start date."
type: guide
updated: 2026-09-14
canonical_url: https://help.nestlicare.com/owners/centers/move-a-child-between-rooms
roles: ["super_admin", "center_admin"]
platforms: [web]
---
<Callout kind="tip" title="Just for today, or every day for part of the day?">
If the child is only spending part of today in another room (rooms combined at opening or closing, nap, a ratio fix, a transition visit), you want [Move a child to another room for the day](/owners/centers/move-a-child-for-the-day) instead. It takes one click, ratios and rosters follow, and the enrollment never changes.

If the child belongs to a second room every day, such as an after-school room on top of their preschool room, use the **Also attends** row in the same Enrollment section. Their home room stays as it is. See [Before and after school care](/owners/centers/before-and-after-school-care).
</Callout>

This page is about changing the room a child is **enrolled** in for good. The quick way is one click on their profile; there's also a two-step re-enroll for when the move comes with a fresh start date or a new tuition plan.

## The quick way: Change on the Room row

1. Open the child's profile. You can get there from **Families & Children** (click the child), from their family's card, or from their row on a room card.
2. On the **Details** tab, find the **Enrollment** section.
3. Click the **Room** row (every row in the Enrollment section opens its own editor), and pick the new room.

That's it. The move takes effect going forward: the new room's roster, feed, and check-ins pick the child up, and everything else stays put — billing plan, weekly schedule, start date, family, history, and invoices are all untouched.

The same Enrollment section also holds the start date, planned end date, enrollment type, weekly schedule, and billing plan — handy when the move and a schedule or plan change happen together.

## The fresh-start way: remove, then re-enroll

Sometimes a move should look like a new chapter: an age-up into preschool with a new start date and a new rate, for example. In that case, end the old enrollment and create a new one so each room's dates and plan are recorded separately.

<VideoEmbed
  src="move-a-child-between-rooms"
  title="Moving a child from one room to another, start to finish"
/>

### Step 1: Remove them from the current room

1. Go to **Organization → Rooms**.
2. Find the room the child is in now. Each room is a card with an **Enrolled Children** list.
3. Hover over the child's row. Two buttons appear on the right: an ID card (**Child profile**) and a red person icon (**Remove from [room name]**).
4. Click the red **Remove from [room name]** button.
5. In the confirmation, click **Remove**.

<ScreenshotWithPointers
  src="/screenshots/owners/centers/remove-from-room-modal.png"
  alt="The Remove from Room confirmation, explaining the child stays in their family and existing invoices are unaffected"
  caption="Removing a child ends their enrollment in that room. They stay in their family, and existing invoices aren't touched."
/>

Removing a child does **not** delete them. It ends their enrollment in that one room. They remain in their family, and any invoices already generated are unaffected.

### Step 2: Enroll them in the new room

1. On the **destination room's** card, click **Enroll child** at the bottom.
2. In the **Enroll child** form:
   - **Child**: pick them from the dropdown. A child you just removed from another room still appears here, ready to enroll.
   - **Start date**: their first day in the new room.
   - **Enrollment type**: Full Time, Part Time, Drop In, or Before/After.
   - **Tuition plan** (optional): carry over the same plan, or pick a new one if the move changes the price.
   - **Days they attend** (optional): the weekdays they'll be in.
3. Click **Enroll Child**.

<ScreenshotWithPointers
  src="/screenshots/owners/centers/enroll-child-modal.png"
  alt="The Enroll child form with child, start date, enrollment type, tuition plan, and days-attended fields"
  caption="Enroll the child into the new room. The child dropdown includes anyone not currently in this room."
/>

<Callout kind="tip" title="Moving a whole group up?">
During age-up season you can process a cohort quickly: if everyone keeps their plan and dates, work down the old room's list with **Change** on each profile. For fresh start dates, remove and re-enroll each child. There's no batch button yet, but each move is only a few clicks.
</Callout>

## Troubleshooting

**The child shows up in both rooms.** Either their old enrollment wasn't removed, or they also attend the second room on purpose. For the first, go back to the old room's card and use **Remove from [room name]** on their row. For the second, the **Also attends** row on their profile shows the extra room, with an **x** to end it.

**I don't see Remove on the row.** The buttons only appear when you hover over the child's row. Move your cursor over the row and they show on the right.

**The child isn't in the Enroll child dropdown.** They may be at a different center. Use the center picker at the top of the Rooms page to switch centers.

**I want to change dates or enrollment type, not the room.** Open the child's profile (the ID-card button on the row) and, in the **Enrollment** section of the Details tab, click the **Enrolled** or **Enrollment type** row. The room stays as it is.