diff --git a/src/core/cloud_filesystem.cpp b/src/core/cloud_filesystem.cpp
index 1d5722b..31b68ca 100644
--- a/src/core/cloud_filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/cloud_filesystem.cpp
@@ -445,8 +445,57 @@ void CloudFileSystem::RemoveFile(const string& path, optional_ptr<FileOpener>) {
     cache_.InvalidateItem(b.Scheme(), path);
 }
 
-void CloudFileSystem::MoveFile(const string&, const string&, optional_ptr<FileOpener>) {
-    Throw("cloudfs: MoveFile not yet implemented");
+void CloudFileSystem::MoveFile(const string& src_url, const string& dst_url,
+                               optional_ptr<FileOpener>) {
+    auto& b = BackendFor(src_url);
+    if (!b.CanHandle(dst_url))
+        Throw("cloudfs: move across providers is not supported");
+
+    std::string src_raw, src_path, dst_raw, dst_path, err;
+    Throw(!b.ParseUrl(src_url, src_raw, src_path, err) ? err : "");
+    Throw(!b.ParseUrl(dst_url, dst_raw, dst_path, err) ? err : "");
+    if (src_raw != dst_raw)
+        Throw("cloudfs: cross-root move not supported; source and destination must share the same "
+              "storage root");
+
+    // Resolve root (with cache)
+    std::string root_id;
+    if (!cache_.GetRootId(b.Scheme(), src_raw, root_id)) {
+        std::string tok;
+        Throw(!GetToken(b.Scheme(), tok, err) ? err : "");
+        Throw(!b.ResolveRoot(src_raw, tok, root_id, err) ? err : "");
+        cache_.PutRootId(b.Scheme(), src_raw, root_id);
+    }
+    std::string tok;
+    Throw(!GetToken(b.Scheme(), tok, err) ? err : "");
+
+    // Stat the source item
+    CloudItem src_item;
+    Throw(!b.Stat(root_id, src_path, tok, src_item, err) ? "source not found: " + err : "");
+
+    // Decompose destination into parent path + filename
+    auto last_slash = dst_path.rfind('/');
+    std::string dst_name =
+        (last_slash == std::string::npos) ? dst_path : dst_path.substr(last_slash + 1);
+    Throw(dst_name.empty() ? "cloudfs: destination must include a filename" : "");
+    std::string dst_parent_path =
+        (last_slash == std::string::npos || last_slash == 0) ? "/" : dst_path.substr(0, last_slash);
+
+    if (dst_name.empty())
+        Throw("cloudfs: destination path must include a filename, not a directory path");
+
+    // Stat the destination parent folder
+    CloudItem dst_parent;
+    Throw(!b.Stat(root_id, dst_parent_path, tok, dst_parent, err)
+              ? "destination parent not found: " + err
+              : "");
+
+    // Perform server-side move
+    Throw(!b.MoveItem(root_id, src_item, dst_parent, dst_name, tok, err) ? err : "");
+
+    // Invalidate affected cache entries
+    cache_.InvalidateItem(b.Scheme(), src_url);
+    cache_.InvalidatePrefix(b.Scheme(), b.Scheme() + "://" + src_raw + dst_parent_path);
 }
 
 bool CloudFileSystem::ListFiles(const string& dir,
diff --git a/src/include/core/cloud_backend.hpp b/src/include/core/cloud_backend.hpp
index 8fc43bc..16ba5bf 100644
--- a/src/include/core/cloud_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/core/cloud_backend.hpp
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ class ICloudBackend {
         return false;
     }
 
+    // Optional server-side move/rename (avoids delete+re-upload for large files).
+    virtual bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                          const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                          const std::string& access_token, std::string& err) {
+        err = Name() + ": server-side move not supported";
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // ── Root resolution ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     // Resolve the root string (parsed by ParseUrl) to an internal drive/bucket ID.
diff --git a/src/include/providers/dropbox_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/dropbox_backend.hpp
index 621d1c6..2d5dceb 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/dropbox_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/dropbox_backend.hpp
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ class DropboxBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                   const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
                   const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
   private:
     CloudItem ParseMetadata(const std::string& json) const;
 
diff --git a/src/include/providers/gdrive_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/gdrive_backend.hpp
index 7c4a1ff..5ccc837 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/gdrive_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/gdrive_backend.hpp
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class GDriveBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                   const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
                   const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
     bool AbortUpload(const CloudUploadSession& session, const std::string& token,
                      std::string& err) override;
 
diff --git a/src/include/providers/onedrive_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/onedrive_backend.hpp
index 7f1cf19..b2f3260 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/onedrive_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/onedrive_backend.hpp
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ class OneDriveBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                       const std::string& name, const std::string& token, CloudItem& out,
                       std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool CopyItem(const std::string& root, const std::string& src_id,
+                  const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
+                  const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
     // Microsoft Graph has no recursive-list API; override with BFS for explicit control.
     bool ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                              const std::string& token,
diff --git a/src/include/providers/sftp_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/sftp_backend.hpp
index f4c1fb4..aa606eb 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/sftp_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/sftp_backend.hpp
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class SFTPBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                       const std::string& name, const std::string& token, CloudItem& out,
                       std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
     // SFTP protocol has no server-side copy; implement as client-side read+write.
     bool CopyItem(const std::string& root, const std::string& src_id,
                   const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
@@ -110,7 +113,6 @@ class SFTPBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                              const std::string& token,
                              const std::function<void(const CloudItem&)>& cb,
                              std::string& err) override;
-
     bool AbortUpload(const CloudUploadSession& session, const std::string& token,
                      std::string& err) override;
 
diff --git a/src/include/providers/sharepoint_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/sharepoint_backend.hpp
index 6484821..10312f3 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/sharepoint_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/sharepoint_backend.hpp
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class SharePointBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                   const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
                   const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
     // Microsoft Graph has no recursive-list API; override with BFS for explicit control.
     bool ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                              const std::string& token,
diff --git a/src/include/providers/vfs_backend.hpp b/src/include/providers/vfs_backend.hpp
index f146c40..84a3ad0 100644
--- a/src/include/providers/vfs_backend.hpp
+++ b/src/include/providers/vfs_backend.hpp
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class VFSBackend : public ICloudBackend {
                       const std::string& name, const std::string& token, CloudItem& out,
                       std::string& err) override;
 
+    bool MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item, const CloudItem& dst_parent,
+                  const std::string& dst_name, const std::string& token, std::string& err) override;
+
     // VFS agent supports ?recursive=true for a single deep-listing HTTP call.
     bool ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                              const std::string& token,
diff --git a/src/providers/dropbox/dropbox_backend.cpp b/src/providers/dropbox/dropbox_backend.cpp
index ef0b394..4e8dee0 100644
--- a/src/providers/dropbox/dropbox_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/dropbox/dropbox_backend.cpp
@@ -278,4 +278,24 @@ bool DropboxBackend::CopyItem(const std::string&, const std::string& src_id,
     return true;
 }
 
+bool DropboxBackend::MoveItem(const std::string&, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                              const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                              const std::string& tok, std::string& err) {
+    // Dropbox move_v2: from_path accepts opaque Dropbox ID ("id:...") but to_path must be a path.
+    HttpRequest req;
+    req.method = "POST";
+    req.SetBearerAuth(tok);
+    req.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
+    req.url = std::string(kApiBase) + "/files/move_v2";
+    req.body = "{\"from_path\":\"" + JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(src_item.path) +
+               "\",\"to_path\":\"" + JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_parent.path + "/" + dst_name) +
+               "\"}";
+    auto resp = http_.Execute(req);
+    if (!resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move failed " + std::to_string(resp.status);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 } // namespace duckdb
diff --git a/src/providers/gdrive/gdrive_backend.cpp b/src/providers/gdrive/gdrive_backend.cpp
index 17ae812..c39223b 100644
--- a/src/providers/gdrive/gdrive_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/gdrive/gdrive_backend.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,54 @@ bool GDriveBackend::CopyItem(const std::string&, const std::string& src_id,
     return true;
 }
 
+bool GDriveBackend::MoveItem(const std::string&, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                             const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                             const std::string& tok, std::string& err) {
+    // Fetch current parents so we can remove ALL of them (avoids multi-parent artifacts).
+    std::string meta_url =
+        kApiBase + "/files/" + src_item.id + "?fields=parents&supportsAllDrives=true";
+    auto meta_resp = http_.Get(meta_url, tok);
+    if (!meta_resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move: failed to fetch file metadata (" + std::to_string(meta_resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Safely extract all parent IDs from JSON array ["id1","id2",...]
+    std::string remove_parents;
+    {
+        const auto& body = meta_resp.body;
+        auto p_pos = body.find("\"parents\"");
+        auto arr_start = (p_pos != std::string::npos) ? body.find('[', p_pos) : std::string::npos;
+        auto arr_end =
+            (arr_start != std::string::npos) ? body.find(']', arr_start) : std::string::npos;
+        for (size_t i = (arr_start != std::string::npos ? arr_start + 1 : body.size());
+             arr_end != std::string::npos && i < arr_end;) {
+            auto q1 = body.find('"', i);
+            if (q1 == std::string::npos || q1 >= arr_end)
+                break;
+            auto q2 = body.find('"', q1 + 1);
+            if (q2 == std::string::npos || q2 >= arr_end)
+                break;
+            if (!remove_parents.empty())
+                remove_parents += ",";
+            remove_parents += body.substr(q1 + 1, q2 - q1 - 1);
+            i = q2 + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string url = kApiBase + "/files/" + src_item.id + "?supportsAllDrives=true";
+    if (!remove_parents.empty())
+        url += "&removeParents=" + remove_parents; // GDrive IDs are safe alphanumeric
+    url += "&addParents=" + dst_parent.id;
+
+    std::string body = "{\"name\":\"" + JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_name) + "\"}";
+    auto resp = http_.Patch(url, tok, body);
+    if (!resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool GDriveBackend::AbortUpload(const CloudUploadSession& session, const std::string& tok,
                                 std::string& err) {
     if (session.upload_url.empty())
@@ -251,7 +299,7 @@ bool GDriveBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string&, const std::string& f
 
         auto resp = http_.Get(url, tok);
         if (!resp.ok()) {
-            err = "list recursive failed " + std::to_string(resp.status);
+            err = "list recursive failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
             return false;
         }
         for (auto& j : JsonUtil::GetArray(resp.body, "files")) {
@@ -268,5 +316,4 @@ bool GDriveBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string&, const std::string& f
     } while (!page_token.empty());
     return true;
 }
-
 } // namespace duckdb
diff --git a/src/providers/onedrive/onedrive_backend.cpp b/src/providers/onedrive/onedrive_backend.cpp
index ade1912..76b56fd 100644
--- a/src/providers/onedrive/onedrive_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/onedrive/onedrive_backend.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,22 @@ bool OneDriveBackend::CreateFolder(const std::string& root, const std::string& p
     return true;
 }
 
+bool OneDriveBackend::CopyItem(const std::string& root, const std::string& src_id,
+                               const std::string& dst_parent_id, const std::string& dst_name,
+                               const std::string& tok, std::string& err) {
+    std::string url =
+        "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/" + root + "/items/" + src_id + "/copy";
+    std::string body = "{\"parentReference\":{\"id\":\"" +
+                       JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_parent_id) + "\"},\"name\":\"" +
+                       JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_name) + "\"}";
+    auto resp = http_.Post(url, tok, body);
+    if (resp.status != 202) {
+        err = "copy failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool OneDriveBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                                           const std::string& tok,
                                           const std::function<void(const CloudItem&)>& cb,
@@ -187,6 +203,21 @@ bool OneDriveBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::st
     return true;
 }
 
+bool OneDriveBackend::MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                               const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                               const std::string& tok, std::string& err) {
+    std::string url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/" + root + "/items/" + src_item.id;
+    std::string body = "{\"name\":\"" + JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_name) +
+                       "\",\"parentReference\":{\"id\":\"" +
+                       JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_parent.id) + "\"}}";
+    auto resp = http_.Patch(url, tok, body);
+    if (!resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool OneDriveBackend::AbortUpload(const CloudUploadSession& session, const std::string& tok,
                                   std::string& err) {
     if (session.upload_url.empty())
diff --git a/src/providers/sftp/sftp_backend.cpp b/src/providers/sftp/sftp_backend.cpp
index fb43362..3da8dbc 100644
--- a/src/providers/sftp/sftp_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/sftp/sftp_backend.cpp
@@ -397,6 +397,25 @@ bool SFTPBackend::CreateFolder(const std::string& root, const std::string& paren
     return true;
 }
 
+bool SFTPBackend::MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                           const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                           const std::string& token, std::string& err) {
+    auto& conn = GetConnection(root, token, err);
+    if (!conn.IsValid())
+        return false;
+    std::string dst_path = dst_parent.id + "/" + dst_name;
+    // LIBSSH2_SFTP_RENAME_OVERWRITE allows replacing an existing destination
+    int rc = libssh2_sftp_rename_ex(
+        conn.sftp, src_item.id.c_str(), (unsigned int)src_item.id.size(), dst_path.c_str(),
+        (unsigned int)dst_path.size(),
+        LIBSSH2_SFTP_RENAME_OVERWRITE | LIBSSH2_SFTP_RENAME_ATOMIC | LIBSSH2_SFTP_RENAME_NATIVE);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        err = "sftp rename failed: " + src_item.id + " -> " + dst_path;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool SFTPBackend::AbortUpload(const CloudUploadSession& session, const std::string& token,
                               std::string& err) {
     // upload_url contains the remote file path; item_id is used as root (user@host:port)
diff --git a/src/providers/sharepoint/sharepoint_backend.cpp b/src/providers/sharepoint/sharepoint_backend.cpp
index 5182eda..7995c8c 100644
--- a/src/providers/sharepoint/sharepoint_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/sharepoint/sharepoint_backend.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,21 @@ bool SharePointBackend::CopyItem(const std::string& root, const std::string& src
     return true;
 }
 
+bool SharePointBackend::MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                                 const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                                 const std::string& tok, std::string& err) {
+    std::string url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/" + root + "/items/" + src_item.id;
+    std::string body = "{\"name\":\"" + JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_name) +
+                       "\",\"parentReference\":{\"id\":\"" +
+                       JsonUtil::EscapeJsonString(dst_parent.id) + "\"}}";
+    auto resp = http_.Patch(url, tok, body);
+    if (!resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool SharePointBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                                             const std::string& tok,
                                             const std::function<void(const CloudItem&)>& cb,
diff --git a/src/providers/vfs/vfs_backend.cpp b/src/providers/vfs/vfs_backend.cpp
index 12945c6..4e81327 100644
--- a/src/providers/vfs/vfs_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/vfs/vfs_backend.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ bool VFSBackend::CreateFolder(const std::string& root, const std::string& parent
     return true;
 }
 
+bool VFSBackend::MoveItem(const std::string& root, const CloudItem& src_item,
+                          const CloudItem& dst_parent, const std::string& dst_name,
+                          const std::string& token, std::string& err) {
+    std::string dst_path = dst_parent.id + "/" + dst_name;
+    std::string body = JsonUtil::MakeObject({{"from", src_item.id}, {"to", dst_path}});
+    auto resp = http_.Post(root + "/v1/move", token, body);
+    if (!resp.ok()) {
+        err = "move failed (" + std::to_string(resp.status) + ")";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool VFSBackend::ListFolderRecursive(const std::string& root, const std::string& folder_id,
                                      const std::string& token,
                                      const std::function<void(const CloudItem&)>& cb,
diff --git a/test/test_suite.py b/test/test_suite.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644