Removing files from multiple folders

You can do it with an Automator workflow saved as an application:

If you want to just copy the files to the destination library change the second item to this:

Mr. Bacon wrote:

I have a bunch of folders with files. I want to remove the files from the folders without destroying the files. How to do it without going through opening each folder and removing the files or how to automate the process?

are these "bunch of folders with files" related in some manner: date, namewise or file type, etc?

Hard to believe there is some catchall to achieve this goal automatically without providing more detail...

ref: Automator User Guide for Mac

ref: Script Editor User Guide for Mac

Mr. Bacon wrote:

One of the many bugs in Apple TV programming is every video added gets placed in a folder under the same name as the video file.

FWIW, just because an app doesn't behave the way you would like it to, or think it should, does not mean it has a "bug".

One of the many bugs in Apple TV programming is every video added gets placed in a folder under the same name as the video file. So if you add a movie i.e. "LHGP," you get the file LHGP.whatever. in a folder titled LHGP. It boils down to a simple matter of me being OCD. I've quit using Apple TV (a programming mystery) and was just wanting to streamline my storage a bit.

As they are "related in some manner," (i.e., movie files), you can create a Smart Folder that shows Movies. Start the search at the top-level containing folder. Select all of the results you want to move and drag them into another folder.

It is possible using a simple script to walk down through folders and use that titular folder name as part of the filename to match and perform an action on the file. In your case, what is that file action beyond moving the file from the folder?