Renaming, reordering, renumbering and switching views never move a bottle. Only five things clear a bottle's 3D position, and four of them warn you first.
⭐ Requires a paid plan. Sections and 3D positions are part of VinLocate, so a free collection has none of this to reorganise.
The fifth one is silent. Changing a bottle's cellar or fridge from the edit screen clears its 3D position with no warning — the bottle arrives unplaced. Move it from inside the 3D view instead and it keeps a position throughout.
What survives what
What you do | What happens to positions |
Rename a section | Nothing moves |
Move Up / Move Down | Nothing moves — the list order changes, not the slots |
Row / Column view, Jump to Row | Nothing moves — these change only what you are looking at |
Change the Coordinate Origin | Every coordinate in the collection is renumbered; no bottle moves |
Tap a slot that already holds a bottle | The button reads Replace — that bottle is pulled out and rejoins the list waiting to be placed |
Duplicate a section, or a whole fridge | An empty copy of the shape — removed slots included, bottles never |
Modify a section to fewer rows or columns | ⚠️ Only bottles left without a slot are unplaced. Pulling out 3 bottles warns first |
Remove bottle slots where a bottle sits | ⚠️ That bottle is unplaced. Same warning |
Delete a section | ⚠️ Its bottles are unplaced but stay in your collection. You type CONFIRM |
Change a bottle's storage from the edit screen | ⚠️ Cleared, with no warning |
Delete a storage and Transfer the bottles | ⚠️ Cleared; the bottles themselves move to the storage you pick |
Filter your collection by Without a 3D position to round up anything left unplaced.
Reshaping a section safely
Open the storage, find the section and tap its ⋯ menu.
Tap Modify. The 3D view opens with Column, Row and Depth steppers.
Set the new size and tap Save.
If a bottle no longer has a slot, Pulling out 3 bottles appears — Cancel costs nothing.
Open a storage → Sections → ⋯ → Modify → Save
If Modify, Duplicate and Delete are missing from a section's menu, that storage is one we built for you: only Rename stays, and wine cases remain editable.
Android and web
On app.invintory.com a section's ⋯ menu has the same Rename, Modify, Duplicate and Delete, greyed out on a storage we built.
On Android, Rename, Duplicate and Delete work; Move Down and Add bottles appear but do nothing yet, and there is no Modify. Reorder and reshape on iPhone, iPad or the web.
Next steps
How to move bottles in VinLocate — moving a placed bottle without losing its slot
How to move bottles to a different storage — the edit that clears positions, in full
How to customise VinLocate slots — removing slots you don't have, and turning bottles round