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title: "Changing the region a block is assigned to in Drupal 7"
description: "In our last tutorial we walked you through the steps for creating blocks in Drupal 7. During the process you were asked to chose a region to show the block in. Sometimes your needs change and you may..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/how-to-use-blocks-in-drupal-7/
date: 2012-03-16
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Carrie Smaha"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Changing the region a block is assigned to in Drupal 7

In our last tutorial we walked you through [the steps for creating blocks in Drupal 7](/support/edu/drupal/create-block/). During the process you were asked to chose a region to show the block in. Sometimes your needs change and you may want to assign that particular block to a new region. In this Drupal 7 tutorial, we’ll show you how you can move blocks to different regions.

**To move a block to another region:**

1. [Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/)
2. Go to **Structure**
3. Click **Blocks**[![structure-blocks](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-blocks.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-blocks.png)
4. Here you can see all the different blocks currently available and where they are placed. If you want to change the location of a block of content, simply find the block and select the **Region** you want the block to display from the dropdown menu. You’ll need to know where each region is located within your template, so be sure to [learn how to do this](/support/edu/drupal/find-regions/). For example, I want to move the **Main Page Content** from the **Content** region to the **Header** region. I select **Header** from the dropdown in **Content** for **Main Page Content**.[![structure-blocks-list](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-blocks-list.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-blocks-list.png)
5. Once you are finished, select **Save blocks** In the screen shots below you can see the content moved over to the Header area of the page.  I would never really move my main content to the header, but you can see how moving content with blocks works. BEFORE: AFTER: [![structure-block-before](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-block-before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-block-before.png) [![structure-block-after](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-block-after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/edu_Drupal_7_Structure_Blocks_structure-block-after.png)