How to assign a category for several items at once?

[matejerkov4cb4]

Hello, I am new to Magento 2.
I have a category "t-shirts" and I made a subcategory "short sleeve", now I have to transfer from one category to that short sleeve category, is it possible to do it in Magento 2 without programming knowledge.
I went to manually transfer each item, but there are simply too many, so I'm looking for an easier way. Thanks in advance for your help!

[mrdigitalm2f0a]

Hi there,

You can move products between categories in Magento 2 without programming knowledge. Simply go to "Catalog" > "Products," select the items you want to move, choose "Change Attributes" from the "Actions" dropdown, then select the new category. Hope this helps!

Best regards, [Your Name]

[matejerkov4cb4]

Hello, thank you for reply.
I only can see "Update attributes".. 

[toniagency82ed]

When you go into "Update attributes" mass action, on the left side you'll see categories tab.

[matejerkov4cb4]

Hello, thank you for reply.
I don't have 'categories tab'..
I saw that tab only in the demo of the Magefan plugin (Magento 2 Extended prouduct grid & mass actions), and that is one option for my problem, but I'd like to not have to pay if I don't have to..

[toniagency82ed · Accepted solution]

Ah, you're right, I forgot this is not a default functionality. There is a free module that does the same thing that I used before, you can get it over here - https://github.com/yorick2/Magento-2-add-products-to-categories-in-admin

[matejerkov4cb4]

It's a serious webshop, so I'm interested in the quality of the module, can it be replaced by a plugin?
Thanks!

[toniagency82ed]

It's a serious plugin used in many production instances, has been there for years and is regularly maintained for latest version of Magento and php.

[matejerkov4cb4]

Thanks for help, means a lot! Good luck!