Move Records Between Users in Phonox

Phonox 1.9.7 adds a dedicated Move Record button to every entry in the List view of your Vinyl Register. In one action you can transfer a record to any existing user—or create an entirely new user collection on the spot.

Why This Exists

Phonox uses named user profiles to keep separate collections in the same installation. The most common reason to move a record is that a record was catalogued under the wrong profile, or a shared household wants to redistribute records between personal collections.

Previously this required editing the database directly. Now it’s a single button click.

The 👤 Button in List View

Switch your Vinyl Register to ☰ List mode. Every record row now shows up to three action buttons aligned to the right:

🎧 — Open the Spotify album page (if a link was found)
👤 — Move this record to another user
🗑️ — Remove from register

Vinyl Register list view showing the 👤 move button alongside the Spotify and Delete buttons — The 👤 button appears on every record row in List view. All three buttons share the same 28×28 px size for visual consistency.

Moving a Record to an Existing User

Click 👤 on any record. A modal dialog opens showing:

Which record is being moved — artist and title displayed in bold so there’s no ambiguity
A user dropdown — lists all other existing profiles in this Phonox installation
✓ Move Record — confirms and transfers immediately

Move Record dialog showing the record title, a user selection dropdown, and the Move Record button — The dialog previews the record being moved and lets you pick the destination user from a dropdown.

The record disappears from the current user’s collection instantly once the move completes. If the current user had no remaining records after the move, the register closes and returns to the user selection screen.

Creating a New User During the Move

Don’t have a second collection yet? The dialog includes a + Create a new user link. Clicking it replaces the dropdown with a text field where you type the new profile name.

Move dialog showing the Create New User input with a name typed in, ready to move the record — Type the new user name and click ✓ Move Record—Phonox creates the profile and moves the record in a single step.

Phonox creates the new profile and moves the record to it in a single request. You can then switch to the new profile from the header to verify the record landed correctly.

Switching Between Profiles After Moving

After transferring a record, you can use the profile switcher in the header to view the destination collection and confirm the move:

Click the 👤 [username] indicator in the top bar
Select the target user from the Your Profiles list
Open 📚 My Register — the moved record appears in the new collection

Under the Hood

The move is handled by a new backend endpoint: POST /api/register/move. It takes:

Field	Description
`record_id`	UUID of the record to move
`from_user`	Current user tag (used as a safety check)
`to_user`	Target user tag (created if it doesn’t exist)

The call updates the user_tag column on the record and returns the full updated record object. No data is duplicated—only the ownership field changes.

Getting Started with Phonox — Setting up multi-user collections from scratch
Managing Phonox with the CLI — Rename collections and manage users from the command line