Should I use the Change of Address in Search Console when moving subdomains to subfolders?

[MJTrevens]

We have several subdomains for various markets for our business. We are in the process of moving those subdomains to subfolders on the main site.

Example: boston.example.com will become example.com/boston

And seattle.example.com will become example.com/seattle and so on.

It's not truly a change of address, but should I use the change of address tool in GSC for all of these subdomains moving?

[benesmartin]

Hey there,

Since you are basically disabling the subdomains, there won't be any future data in GCS for them anymore.

I'd recommend to set up separate folders in GSC in the same way as it used to be for the subdomains. Then, you will be able to track each folder separately like before.

Cheers, Martin