Move File From /Public to /Storage/App Folder

Use public storage disk whenyou upload files.

Storage::disk('public')

Configuration you can find in config\filesystems.php

Use this command

php artisan storage:link

Do you have some data in database? What exactly you save as path in your database? Because you can just copy that file or files in that directory and change path in database to correct path.

@michaloravec Thanks for reply. However, I am looking for "how do I move already uploaded files, which are in '/public' folder"

You can write a php artisan command that look to files in your public folder, and move them to your /storage/app/public folder.

You can accomplish this by using the php rename function. https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rename.php

This could work. Thanks.